As an actor, Alex Winter spent many years on Broadway with supporting roles in productions of The King and I, Peter Pan, and the American premiere of Simon Gray’s Close of Play at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Winter dropped out of NYU film school before his senior year and moved to Hollywood, where he began…
Jack Osbourne gained high visibility in 2002 after appearing in his family’s reality television show The Osbournes, which aired on MTV and won an Emmy Award in 2002. In the show, Osbourne was mostly shown as a rebellious teenager who liked to party and to fight with sister Kelly Osbourne. In 2002, Osbourne briefly appeared…
Elden Henson is best known for playing Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks trilogy, Foggy Nelson in Daredevil and Pollux in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2. Elden got his start in the business at age two, as a baby model. By the time he was six, he was appearing in numerous commercials; by…
Christopher Lambert started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous for portraying Tarzan in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). For his performance in the film Subway (1985), he received the César Award for Best Actor. He is known for his role as Connor MacLeod…
Michael Bailey Smith stumbled upon acting when he accompanied a friend to an audition for the 1989 film A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. Smith landed the role of Super Freddy. Smith would appear three years later in a small role in Renegade playing PJ Butler.In 1994, he appeared in an unreleased…
Beginning a prolific career as a teen actor in the mid-1980s, Jay Underwood is perhaps best known for his starring feature film roles; portraying Eric Gibb in The Boy Who Could Fly, Chip Carson in Not Quite Human, Grover Dunn in The Invisible Kid, Sonny Bono in The Sonny and Cher Story, Bug in Uncle…
Rebecca Staab won the Miss Nebraska USA title and competed in the Miss USA 1980 pageant that year, where she placed in the Top 12.She played Sue Storm in The Fantastic Four. Staab made her television debut on Guiding Light in 1985 and appeared in several other shows over the years, including Beverly Hills 90210,…
Alex Hyde-White is a London born, California raised second-generation actor with over 125 film and TV credits on IMDB. Starting his career at Universal Studios at age 19, as one of the last contract players in Hollywood, he then played Broadway and got his first leading roles in England and Europe.By 1990, he settled into…
Michelle Hurd can currently be seen starring opposite Patrick Stewart in CBS All Access’s smash hit Star Trek series Picard. Hurd can also be seen in Justin Simien’s Bad Hair, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to her explosive performance as “Shepherd” on NBC’s hit drama Blindspot, Hurd is also known…
Samantha Scaffidi is an American actress, writer, and director. She began her career in short films before becoming known for her role as Victoria Heyes in the Terrifier film franchise—appearing in Terrifier (2016), Terrifier 2 (2022) and Terrifier 3 (2024). She had a leading role as Luce in Demon Hole (2017). In addition to acting,…
David Howard Thornton is known for his role as Art the Clown from the Terrifier franchise, a role in which he appeared in Terrifier (2016), Mistress Peace Theatre (2020), Terrifier 2 (2022), Bupkis (2023), and Terrifier 3 (2024). He has had other roles in film, television, and video games, including Two Worlds II: Pirates of…
Pam Grier is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema’s first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation and women-in-prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden…
John Jackson Miller is a New York Times bestselling author, having written several Star Wars novels from Random House/Del Rey including Star Wars: A New Dawn, the first work created in conjunction with the new Lucasfilm Story Group. The bestseller Star Wars: Kenobi won the 2014 Scribe Award for Best Original Tie-In Novel – Speculative…
Jacob Roanhaus is known for playing the Quarren pirate, Glerb in Star Wars series, Skeleton Crew, in addition to the first creature that Little Leia encounters in the Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode 2), along with being a long-time character FX artist working on The Mandalorian seasons 2-3, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and The Mandalorian & Grogu movie. Outside…
Dominic Burgess’ first TV credit was on the BBC flagship series and worldwide hit, Doctor Who as a game show contestant, Agorax. He moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and made subsequent appearances in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Leftovers. Burgess became a regular fixture on the Disney hit series,…
Giorgio Tsoukalos is a Co-Executive Producer of the television series, Ancient Aliens. Giorgio has appeared on The History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, the Sci-Fi Channel, and the Travel Channel, and has been a guest on numerous radio programs, including Coast to Coast AM. Giorgio is a frequent speaker and lecturer at conventions, conferences, seminars,…
Femi Taylor portrayed the slave dancer Oola in Return of the Jedi, the last film of the original trilogy. She reprised the part fourteen years later, filming new scenes for the 1997 Special Edition release, and was the only performer from the original to do so. Because of this role, she appears at science fiction…
Dina Meyer is an American film and television actress best known for her roles as Barbara Gordon in Birds of Prey, Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers and DetectiveAllison Kerry in the SAW franchise. A native New Yorker, Meyer relocated to Los Angeles in 1993 in order to recur onthe hit TV series, Beverly Hills, 90210.…
One of Michael Ironside’s first roles was as evil telepath Darryl Revok in Scanners (1981), an early film by David Cronenberg. He played the role of a serial killer, Colt Hawker, in the slasher film Visiting Hours (1982) and appeared in 1983 as Miler Crane in The A-Team episode “Taxicab Wars” as well as Overdog…
Alistair Petrie has established himself as a standout actor in some of the most successful films and TV series of the past decade. His most prominent roles include Mr. Michael Groff (The Headmaster) in all four seasons of the global hit Netflix original series Sex Education, Sandy Langbourne in the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning The…
Pierro Niel-Mee burst into the Star Wars universe as Erskin Semaj, loyal soldier to Senator Mon Mohtma and the rebellion’s stand against the evil Empire in Andor season 2. The British actor is also known for his roles in television on shows including Slow Horses, Harlots, Bouquet of Barbed Wire and more.
Jacob Hopkins is best known as the voice of Gumball Watterson in the hit animated series The Amazing World of Gumball. A talented actor and voice artist, Jacob has also brought characters to life in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and Prince of Tennis. His on-screen appearances include roles in The Goldbergs and True Blood. With…
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…
Mindy Cohn was discovered by actress Charlotte Rae when Rae and the producers of The Facts of Life visited Westlake School in Holmby Hills, California, while doing research for the show; she had been asked by the principal to be a student tour guide for the group, who found themselves enchanted by her natural comic…
David Errigo Jr. counts himself lucky to be doing exactly what he wants to be doing. An actor known as a go-to lead and utility character performer in animated and interactive projects, David has gathered roles in projects like X-Men ’97 (Mojo, Leech, Gladiator, Banshee, Royal Messenger), Tiny Toons Looniversity (Hamton J. Pig, Plucky Duck,…
Vincent Martella has worked as Phineas in Disney’s smash hit television show Phineas & Ferb for the last 10 years as well as numerous other prominent voice roles such as Hope in Final Fantasy XIII and as the original voice of Jason Todd in Batman: Under The Red Hood and Batman: A Death in the…
Scott McCord is a versatile actor known for his boundless character work in a career that has spanned over three decades in theatre, film, television, music, radio and animation. He is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio. Scott is a regular cast member in one of this year’s most anticipated television events – the…
For years, Justin Paul Kelly has thrilled kids of all ages, always on the case, as German Shepard pup Chase in PAW Patrol. Kelly’s character is a passionate defender of the community whose paws uphold the laws. The beloved Nickelodeon children’s series has been one of the highest rated preschool tv shows during its decade-plus…
Ginny Myers Sain is the New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies, Secrets So Deep, One Last Breath and When The Bones Sing. She lives in Florida and has spent the past twenty years working closely with teens as a director and acting instructor in a program designed for high school students…
Kristen McGuire is a professional voice actor, artist, ADR director and script adapter with over 350 credits across anime and video games. She is most well known for her work as the playable character Kachina in the Natlan region of Genshin Impact, Milim Nava in the anime That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,…
Exhilarating one moment, sinister the next, Lita was a Diva who always kept the WWE Universe on their toes. Whether she was flying high with The Hardy Boyz or shocking censors alongside Edge, the four-time Women’s Champion knew how to elicit a reaction around the world. Lita made her WWE debut in 2000 alongside Essa…
Trish Stratus might be the greatest Women’s Superstar to ever set foot inside a WWE ring. Gorgeous, powerful and talented, the Canadian beauty was easy on the eyes but tough on opponents. This rare mix of good looks and skill helped Trish Stratus nab a record seven Women’s Championships during her run with WWE. Trish…
Clifford Chapin is a voice actor known for his work in anime and video games. His most iconic anime roles include Katsuki Bakugo in My Hero Academia, Conny Springer in Attack on Titan, Hide in Tokyo Ghoul, Cabba in Dragon Ball Super, Himmel the Hero in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, and Ryusui in Dr. Stone. On the video game side of…
Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his roles in Arliss, Batman (1989), and Bull Durham. A versatile talent with a sharp wit, Wuhl created and starred in the HBO series Arliss, which ran for seven seasons and earned a devoted following. He has also written for major awards shows,…
Hayden Daviau is a professional actor and content creator also known as the vtuber ‘Sylla Aria’. They’re best known for their roles as ‘Kokorone Awayuki’ in Vtuber Legend: How I went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, ‘ Marnie’ and ‘Gossifleur’ in Pokemon Ultimate Journeys, ‘Vikala’ in GranBlue Fantasy Versus Rising, ‘Priestess’ in…
Alejandro Saab is a professional voice actor as well as content creator known as either KaggyFilms or CyYuVtuber. And from time to time will sing song covers under the name.He’s best known for voicing characters such as Cyno in Genshin Impact, Leon in Pokémon Journeys, Yuri in Fire Emblem Three Houses, Miyamura in Horimiya, Shallot…
Kelly Yates is an illustrator best known for illustrating multiple comics and covers for Doctor Who (IDW/Titan), and designing the My Hero Academia and Doctor Who Kawaii toy lines. I’m also the creator of Amber Atoms, a creator-owned comic book series that was originally published by Image Comics, as well his own title MonstHER. His…
Chance Michael Corbitt is best known for his roles on The Lost Boys, Pumpkinhead and The Rocketeer. He portrayed Laddie who was the quiet and lonesome only child of the Lost Boys. He is both an innocent who fights the darkness of the vampire, and the proof of Star’s lingering humanity.
Billy Wirth is an American Hollywood actor, film producer, and former fashion model, best known for his role as the vampire, Dwayne in the 1987 horror film, The Lost Boys. Wirth moved to Los Angeles, California in the mid 1980s to pursue an acting career, which began with a role in the 1985 feature film,…
Jamison Newlander is best known for his role as Alan Frog, one of the two vampire-hunting Frog brothers, in The Lost Boys (1987), alongside Corey Feldman. He reprises his role as Alan Frog in Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010), as he and Feldman fight side-by-side again for what’s been celebrated as the return of the…
Jason Patric is known for his roles in films such as The Lost Boys (1987), Rush (1991), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Sleepers (1996), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Narc (2002), The Alamo (2004), My Sister’s Keeper (2009), and The Losers (2010). His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller, and his…
Marti Matulis is an actor from Orange, California who worked as a background actor in two Star Trek films and several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Picard. As a background actor he received no credit for his former appearances, however, he had a speaking part and was credited for his appearances in…
Larry Wilcox made a guest appearance in 1971 in Room 222. In 1973, Wilcox appeared in The Streets of San Francisco episode “The Runaways” as older brother George. Also in 1973, he starred in Lassie as Dale, one of the boys who grew up there and was now working as a hired hand. Wilcox appeared in an episode of Cannon “Target In…
2024 was a busy year for Paul Reiser. On the heels of his new comedy The Problem with People, out this fall, which Reiser wrote, produced, and starred in alongside Colm Meaney and Jane Levy, Reiser has projects across a multitude of media formats. In March, Carter Burke, Reiser’s iconic character from Aliens re-emerged in…
Fans of animation will recognize Richard Horvitz as the voice of many iconic characters, including INVADER ZIM, Billy from THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY AND MANDY, Daggett from THE ANGRY BEAVERS and Alpha 5 from the original MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS. Currently Richard can be heard as the voice of Moxxie in the cult hit…
An American stage, screen and voiceover actor, Bryce Pinkham is most widely known in the voiceover world for voicing the role of Stolas on Helluva Boss. On stage Bryce is most widely known for originating the role of Monty Navarro in the Tony Award Winning production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, for…
For a time in the late 1970s, Frakes worked for Marvel Comics, appearing in costume as Captain America at conventions and other promotional events as well as for special appearances; he credits the experience in helping to hone his skills on interacting with fans on the Star Trek convention circuit. After graduating from Harvard, Frakes…
Lorraine Bracco moved to France in 1974, where she became a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier. She lived there for about a decade. While still modeling, Bracco was approached by Marc Camoletti, who offered her a major role in the film adaptation of one of his plays, Duos sur canapé (1979). Bracco did not imagine…
Angie Harmon is an American actress and model. She won Seventeen’s modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, signed with IMG Models, and appeared on covers for magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Esquire. Her acting breakthrough came with the role of Ryan McBride on “Baywatch Nights” (1995–1997), and she earned four Screen Actors Guild Award…
Born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Christopher Mintz-Plasse is an actor and musician who boasts wide-ranging credits in film, TV, and animation voice over. Rocketing to stardom with his breakout role as the endearingly awkward Fogell in the 2007 smash-hit comedy ‘Superbad,’ Mintz-Plasse quickly became a household name, earning adoration from rowdy…
James Jude Courtney started working at Universal Studios Hollywood as a tour guide before he was cast as Conan in the park’s Conan the Barbarian live show. Courtney applied his martial arts skills to the role, which demanded high falls and sword fights. At Universal Studios, Courtney met actor Brian Thompson and stunt coordinator Alex…
Deep Roy made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of The New Avengers entitled “Target!” as character named Klokoe. He would later make his film debut that same year, in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as the Italian Assassin. Another early role was as Mr. Sin, the “pig-brained Peking Homonculus”, a villain…
Emily Swallow is an award-winning actress, singer and voiceover artist known best known as The Darkness on SUPERNATURAL, Agent Fischer on THE MENTALIST, Lisa Tepes in Netflix’s animated CASTLEVANIA and the Armorer in Disney+ series The MANDALORIAN.She grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, earned a BA in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Virginia and…
In 1980, Alex Kingston made her television debut in three episodes of the children’s drama series Grange Hill, while also appearing as an uncredited extra in the film The Wildcats of St Trinian’s. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, she performed on stage in twenty different theatrical productions, working extensively with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre…
Mike O’Malley’s first career breakthrough came as the host of Nickelodeon children’s game show Get the Picture in 1991. A year later, in 1992, he was the host of Nickelodeon Guts and later Global GUTS from 1992 to 1995. On the advice of Marc Summers, O’Malley moved to Los Angeles after the conclusion of GUTS…
Theo Rossi is perhaps best known for playing Juan-Carlos “Juice” Ortiz throughout all seven seasons of “Sons of Anarchy.” He starred as Herman “Shades” Alavarez on “Luke Cage,” and is currently appearing as Dr. Julian Rush on HBO’s “The Penguin,” a spin-off of Matt Reeves’ hit film, “The Batman.” Other TV roles include appearances on…
Pensacon is pleased to welcome from Orange is the New Black, Kiff, My Little Pony: A New Generation, BoJack Horseman, Star Wars: Visions, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse, Spider-Man: Beyond The Spiderverse, Hazbin Hotel and more – actress Kimiko Glenn! During her freshman year of college, in 2008, Glenn was cast as Thea…
Steve Downes is an American DJ and voice actor. He is best known for his work as the voice of the Master Chief in the Halo video game series. He worked as a disc jockey at Los Angeles, California Album-oriented Rock radio stations KWST (1978-1981), KEZY-AM (1981-1982) and KLSX (1994), but is best remembered working…
Shipp began his career with a regular role on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light, playing Dr. Kelly Nelsom from 1980 to 1984. Shipp followed this with more roles in daytime, playing Douglas Cummings on As the World Turns from 1985 to 1986 (which earned him his first Daytime Emmy Award in 1986), and Martin…
Richard Karn is an American actor and game show host. He is best known for his co-starring role as Al Borland in the 1990s sitcom Home Improvement and his tenure as the fourth host of Family Feud from 2002 to 2006.After earning his drama degree in 1979, Karn moved to New York City, where in…
Laurue Holden made a name for herself by co-starring opposite Burt Reynolds in Physical Evidence (1989), Vanessa Redgrave in Young Catherine (1991), and William Shatner in the TV Movie TekWar: TekLab (1994). She also played Mabel Dunham in the TV Movie The Pathfinder (1996) (based on the novel of James Fenimore Cooper). Onstage, she starred…
Emilio Rivera’s first feature role was in the TV series Renegade with Lorenzo Lamas. He also had a role in the feature film Con Air, co-starring Nicolas Cage. Emilio has appeared in several commercials, television programs and feature films including Training Day, Fun with Dick and Jane, Traffic, The Cable Guy, NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills…
Anthony Rapp was an original cast member in Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winning rock opera Rent, and later reprised the role in the 2005 film version and the 2009 Broadway Tour. Additional Broadway credits include You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation; and most recently, If/Then. He is also the author…
At the age of 13, Hayley Mills became the final recipient of the Academy Juvenile Award, awarded for her work in 1960’s “Pollyanna.”The film would be the first of many for Mills at Walt Disney Studios, where she became synonymous with Disney’s live-action efforts throughout the early ‘60s, starring in such classics as “The Parent…
Nicole Sullivan is an American actress and comedian best known for her six seasons (1995–2001) on the sketch comedy series MADtv. She also played Holly Shumpert in five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) of the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. Sullivan played the recurring character of Jill Tracy on Scrubs. She voiced heroic Mira Novain Disney/Pixar’s…
Lou Diamond Phillips’ big break came with the starring role in La Bamba (1987) in which he played early rocker Ritchie Valens. Prior to his cinematic breakthrough, he starred in the Miami Vice episode “Red Tape” portraying detective Bobby Diaz. In 1988, Phillips co-starred with Edward James Olmos in the inner-city high school drama Stand…
Priscilla Presley became an instant audience favorite portraying Jenna Wade on Dallas, the most successful evening “soap-opera” style television drama of its time. During her five years on the series, she generated mass audience appeal, becoming one of the show’s most popular leading ladies. Priscilla then displayed her comedic talents in the box office smash…
Blake Roman is an actor and music artist, known for Hazbin Hotel (2019), Blue Bloods (2010) and The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal (2021).
Amir Talai began working as an actor in San Francisco after graduating from UC Berkeley. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in The Groundlings, eventually joining the Groundlings Sunday Company. His two big breaks were The Comeback and Campus Ladies, both cult shows with poor ratings but a substantial number of fans…
Khary Payton is known for his roles as King Ezekiel on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead and Dr. Terrell Jackson on the soap opera General Hospital, as well as voicing Cyborg across various DC media and Kaldur’ahm / Aqualad in the animated series Young Justice. Payton appeared on a recurring basis as…
Ryan Drummond is an American actor, comedian, singer, clown, mime artist and theatrical performer, who is best known for his role as the original English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 1998 to 2004.
Andrew Robinson’s first professional roles were as a stage actor and playwright in New York. His first role in New York was in the play MacBird!. He went on to appear in productions in North America and Europe, including Woyzeck, Futz, Werner Liepolt’s “The Young Master Dante” and The Cannibals. In 1969, he had his…
The 2020 and 2021 ENnie and UKGE Award-winning settings and adventure writer for the ALIEN Roleplaying Game, Andrew is a creative director, designer, and sci-fi author with twenty years of industry experience. He is the lead writer for the Terminator RPG and creative director of the Carbon Grey RPG. Outside of gaming, Andrew’s work includes…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Erik Estrada’s career has spanned so far over four decades, yet although, he had worked as an actor for years before his first television series, it was for his dynamic portrayal of Officer Francis ‘Frank’ Poncherello affectionately known as “Ponch” in the hit, ‘CHiPs’, that he became a household name. Raised in New York City’s…
Michael Biehn got his start in movies with a bit part in the film version of Grease in 1978. He appears in two scenes, one in which John Travolta’s character, Danny, hits Biehn’s uncredited character in the stomach while playing basketball. In 1981, he appeared in the role of Douglas Breen, a stalker, in the…