Bryan Cranston won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Walter White. He holds the honor of being the first actor in a cable series, and the second lead actor in the history of the Emmy Awards, to receive three consecutive wins. In 2012 Cranston’s performance earned him a fourth Emmy nomination, a Television Critics Association Award, three Golden Globe nominations and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
On the big screen, Cranston won a second Screen Actors Guild Award this year for his co-starring role in the 2012 Oscar-winning Best Picture Argo, essaying the role of CIA operative Jack O’Donnell opposite star-director Ben Affleck.
He is currently in production on Legendary Pictures’ remake of Godzilla starring opposite Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen. He will also voice a character in DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda 3.
Last year, Cranston was heard as the voice of Vitaly in Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, which grossed over $730 million worldwide. He also starred in Len Wiseman’s remake of Total Recall, Adam Shankman’s Rock of Ages and Nicolas Winding Refn's critically acclaimed film Drive, opposite Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Cranston's additional feature film credits include: Contagion, John Carter, Larry Crowne, The Lincoln Lawyer, Little Miss Sunshine, Seeing Other People, Saving Private Ryan and That Thing You Do!
Born into a show business family and raised in Southern California, Cranston made his acting debut at the age of 8 in a United Way commercial. It wasn't until he finished college that acting became a serious consideration. While on a cross-country motorcycle trip with his brother, he discovered community theater and began exploring every aspect of the stage. Soon, he was cast in a summer stock company.
Cranston returned to Los Angeles and quickly landed a role on the television movie Love Without End, which led to his being signed as an original cast member of ABC's Loving. He went on to appear in numerous television roles, including a seven-year run as Hal on FOX's Malcolm in the Middle, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe and three Emmy Awards; the recurring role of dentist Tim Whatley on Seinfeld; HBO's acclaimed miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, as Buzz Aldrin; and the made-for-television movie I Know My First Name is Steven, among others. He has also guest-starred on numerous TV programs.
Cranston continues to pursue his love for theater whenever possible. Credits include: The God of Hell, Chapter Two, The Taming of the Shrew, A Doll's House, Eastern Standard, Wrestlers, Barefoot in the Park and The Steven Weed Show, for which he won a Drama-Logue Award.
Cranston is also a dedicated screenwriter and director. He wrote the original romantic drama Last Chance as a birthday gift for his wife, Robin Dearden, and directed and starred in the film. Cranston has also directed several episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, the Comedy Central pilot Special Unit, Breaking Bad and recently an episode of Modern Family.
In early 2011, Cranston served as executive producer and star of an exclusive online series called The Handlers for Atom.com. The comedic short series followed Cranston as the character Jack Power and his race to win a seat on the state senate.
Cranston also produced an instructional DVD called KidSmartz, which is designed to educate families on how to stay safe from child abduction and Internet predators. KidSmartz raises money for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
If you don’t already, within the next year you will know Aaron Paul’s name. Many already recognize him as meth-kingpin-apprentice-seeking-moral-redemption Jesse Pinkman, as he continues to slay audiences by seamlessly oscillating from his famous “YO, bitch!” catchphrase to his tearjerker waterworks moments. Already twice a Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Paul is set to become a part of Hollywood’s next generation of movie stars.
What has perhaps been the most telling aspect of Paul’s career has been his inherent ability as an actor to become a storytelling chameleon. A native of Idaho, he’s remained true to his humble roots, choosing roles he’s deeply invested in bringing to life. Fans who followed him in his early career were awed at his chilling turn with Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter and Garret Dillahunt in producer Wes Craven’s psychological remake The Last House on the Left after his quiet performance in HBO’s well-received series Big Love, where he convinced Amanda Seyfried’s character to leave behind her polygamous family for their loving, monogamous relationship.
Still others may have noticed him in 2012’s Smashed< with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance, the film about the disintegration of a couple’s relationship based on their mutual love of alcohol had Peter Travers of Rolling Stone calling Paul “dynamite,” cementing his status even further as a stellar actor on the rise.
Audiences will have even more Aaron Paul to look forward to with the addition of two upcoming releases: the adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel A Long Way Down -- opposite Pierce Brosnan and Toni Collette -- about a group of friends who make a pact to kill themselves on New Year’s Eve and Decoding Annie Parker -- alongside Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton and Richard Schiff -- in which Paul joins breast cancer patient Annie Parker (Morton), who, despite the beliefs of the medical establishment, stops at nothing to solve the mystery behind her illness. While his roles have run the gamut --from feature to television to the Korn “Thoughtless” music video for which people still remember him -- what hasn’t changed has been his emotionally gut-wrenching performances.
Soon, however, audiences will see another side of Paul when he stars in DreamWorks’ and Steven Spielberg’s thrilling joy ride Need for Speed. Currently shooting across the country, he is joined by Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots and Michael Keaton in this live-action imagining of the popular Electronic Arts video game.
Paul currently resides in Los Angeles. When not working, he can often be found enjoying concerts, relaxing with a glass of Bushmills
Just like his character on the show, RJ Mitte has cerebral palsy, although Mitte’s is a milder form of the disability. His other credits include the upcoming fantasy thriller feature film House of Last Things and the documentary film CinemAbility, which takes a detailed look at the evolution of disability in entertainment and features a who’s who of Hollywood, including Ben Affleck, Jamie Foxx, Gary Sinise and David Milch, among others. He recently had a guest-starring role on the CBS hit Vegas. Mitte also served as executive producer for Vanished: The Tara Calico Story, which had its debut at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Mitte is involved with several organizations that raise awareness of equality and diversity. He is the Youth Spokesperson for the National Disability Institute’s Real Economic Impact Tour, which works to improve the financial situation of low-income persons with disabilities. He is a spokesperson for I AM PWD, the tri-union campaign (SAG, AFTRA and AEA) which advocates for actors with disabilities, and for Beyond Diversity—The Future Is Now. As a guest speaker at high schools, colleges and universities around the country, Mitte openly talks about the ways he has overcome obstacles and how he has achieved his goals. In 2011 he became a Celebrity Youth Ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy, an organization which educates, advocates and provides support limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities.
One hot-button issue that Mitte has recently become vocal about is the prevention of bullying. Upon hearing that bullying was at the root of several teen suicides in 2010, Mitte began speaking out on the topic via YouTube, a statement to the press and in interviews. He has since been a featured guest speaker at an anti-bullying town hall discussion at the NAPT Annual Conference for school transportation professionals and begun working with PACER’s National Center for Bullying Prevention on a national campaign designed to engage and educate those who see bullying -- leveraging peer-to-peer support.
Mitte spent much of his childhood in both Austin, TX, and Lafayette, LA, where he learned to deal with and overcome many of the challenges presented by his cerebral palsy.
In 2005, he accompanied his younger sister on a trip to Los Angeles and was encouraged by a talent agent to try acting. Early in his career, Mitte worked as a background actor on the TV series Hannah Montana and Everybody Hates Chris. Mitte’s big break came when he was given the opportunity to audition for Breaking Bad.
As a child, Mitte learned the value of giving back, spending time working with his grandfather’s philanthropic organization and partnering with Habitat groups to build houses around the world for communities devastated by natural disasters and poverty. These experiences helped set the backdrop for his future advocacy work in Hollywood.
In his spare time, Mitte enjoys physical activities like hiking Runyon Canyon, an L.A. hot spot, and ballroom dancing. Mitte’s ambitions include directing, producing and finding work that will help him grow as an actor.
A prominent actress on both stage and screen, Anna Gunn has portrayed a vast array of complex and powerful characters throughout her career.
Gunn garnered a 2012 Best Supporting Actress Emmy Award nomination and two consecutive Best Supporting Actress nominations by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association for a Critics’ Choice Television Award in 2012 and 2013 for her role as Skyler White. She was also recently nominated for the Outstanding Actress Award by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and has received two Saturn nominations for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Gunn has effortlessly moved among television, film and theater. In 2004, she landed her breakout television role playing Martha Bullock on HBO’s seminal show Deadwood, later receiving a SAG Award® nomination for Best Ensemble Cast in 2006. Gunn’s association with Deadwood creator David Milch began early on when she first worked on his hit drama NYPD Blue, giving a memorable performance as Kimmy, a junkie longing to escape New York. Gunn made such an indelible impression on Milch that she became the template for the pivotal character of Martha on Deadwood. Another major recurring role for Gunn was on David E. Kelley’s The Practice, delivering a notable turn as ADA Jean Ward opposite Dylan McDermott and Lara Flynn Boyle. Her extensive television credits also include starring roles in several made-for-television movies and major guest-starring appearances on such hit shows as Six Feet Under, ER, Boston Legal, Law & Order and Seinfeld.
Highlights of Gunn’s feature film work include the dark comedy Nobody’s Baby, in which she starred with Gary Oldman and Mary Steenburgen; the film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. In 1998, she played opposite Jon Voight in Tony Scott’s summer blockbuster Enemy of the State. Her first starring role was in the 1995 independent thriller Without Evidence, alongside Angelina Jolie. Her recent films include Kevin Smith’s Red State, Little Red Wagon and Sassy Pants, for which she received a nomination at the 2012 Milan Film Festival for Best Supporting Actress. Gunn is workshopping a powerful role in a new indie film this June at the Directors Lab at the Sundance Institute.
Gunn is also a highly regarded actress of the stage. In 2009 and 2011, she created leading roles in two world premiere productions: photojournalist Sarah Goodwin in Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still and the title role in Alan Alda’s Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie. Both roles received great acclaim under the direction of Daniel Sullivan at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. In 1999, she played Isabella in Measure for Measure at the Ahmanson Theatre, helmed by the famed director Sir Peter Hall. In 1997, Gunn made her Broadway debut alongside Roger Rees in The Rehearsal at the Roundabout Theatre and starred in the 1995 American premiere of Terry Johnson’s Hysteria, directed by Phyllida Lloyd at the Mark Taper Forum. Early in her career, Gunn built an impressive resume performing on stage in Chicago. She garnered exceptional reviews in Uncommon Ground at the Northlight Theatre, and starred opposite Jeremy Piven in Keith Reddin’s Peacekeeper at the American Blues Theatre. While still an undergraduate at Northwestern University, she landed her first professional acting role, playing Lucy Lockit in the critically acclaimed production of The Beggar’s Opera at the Court Theatre.
Gunn currently resides with her two daughters in Los Angeles, CA.
Dean Norris will next star in the Stephen King and Steven Spielberg CBS series, Under the Dome. The series follows a town in post-apocalyptic conditions that ensue when a strange dome encapsulates the town. Under the Dome premiered Jun. 24, 2013.
In the fall, Norris will be seen in Ridley Scott’s The Counselor alongside Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem and Michael Fassbender.
Throughout his career, he has guest-starred on some of the most successful television series to date, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Grey’s Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, The West Wing, NCIS and 24.
On the big screen, Norris has been seen in over 25 films including Little Miss Sunshine and Evan Almighty.
A native of South Bend, IN, he is a graduate of Harvard University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Norris currently resides with his family outside of Los Angeles.
Prior to his role as Todd in Breaking Bad, Jesse Plemons earned great acclaim for his performance as Landry Clarke on NBC's Friday Night Lights. In that series, he played the best friend of quarterback Matt Saracen — a role he snagged at the young age of 18.
In his burgeoning career, Plemons has already appeared in more than a dozen successful TV shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Huff, Cold Case, CSI and Judging Amy. He will soon be seen starring in HBO's Cold War spy drama pilot The Missionary, alongside Benjamin Walker.
On the big screen, Plemons got his start in Forest Whitaker’s Hope Floats. He followed up with roles in films like All the Pretty Horses , Varsity Blues , Flyboys and Observe and Report . After working with director Peter Berg on Friday Night Lights, Plemons was cast in Berg's blockbuster film Battleship in a role that Berg wrote specifically for Plemons.
Most recently, Plemons worked with esteemed director Paul Thomas Anderson and Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master, playing the son of a charismatic cult leader (Hoffman). Audiences will soon see Plemons in the pioneer drama The Homesman, directed by Tommy Lee Jones and starring Jones, Meryl Streep and Hilary Swank.
Plemons is an avid guitarist and plays in the band Cowboy and Indian. A Texas native, he currently splits his time between Los Angeles and Austin.
Giancarlo Esposito is a celebrated television, film and stage actor whose acting career spans over several decades.
Esposito has appeared in notable films such as Rabbit Hole, The Usual Suspects, Smoke and The Last Holiday. His performances in Spike Lee's films Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, School Daze and Malcolm X are among his most memorable. Esposito's other film credits include outstanding performances in SherryBaby, Ali, Nothing to Lose, Waiting to Exhale, Bob Roberts, King of New York and Cotton Club. In 1995, Esposito was recognized for his incredible work in Fresh with a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award.
In 2007 through his production company, Quiet Hand Productions, Esposito made his feature directorial debut with the film Gospel Hill. He also co-starred with Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Julia Stiles, Taylor Kitsch and Samuel L. Jackson. Quiet Hand Productions aspires to make "conscious content" films that focus on the inspirational. The company currently has four other projects in development, in which Esposito plans to direct, produce and co-star. One of these projects, This is Your Death, is an unflinching look at reality TV.
Esposito's many television credits include Homicide: Life on The Streets, Law and Order, Touched by an Angel and Kidnapped.
He is also very well-known to theatre goers for his award-winning work on stage. He has won two Obie Awards for Zooman and the Sign at the Negro Ensemble Company and Distant Fires at The Atlantic Theatre Company, where he continues to perform and teach as a company member. His long list of Broadway credits includes Sacrilege, Seesaw, Merrily We Roll Along and Lost in the Stars, to name a few. Most recently, he co-starred on Broadway with James Earl Jones, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad in Debbie Allen¹s rendition of the great classic Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Esposito is a yoga enthusiast and spends his free time riding his motorcycle and practicing the saxophone. He is also a proud board member of the Creative Coalition, an arts and advocacy group that champions the First Amendment. He also lends his support to other various organizations that support the arts and education.
Born in Washington D.C., Jonathan Banks' career has spanned five decades in film, television, and theatre. Banks began his career in the musical Hair in 1968. Among his hundreds of film and television credits are Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs., Dark Blue, Flipper, Freejack and Reign Over Me. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role in Wiseguy as Frank McPike.
Bob Odenkirk has won two Emmy Awards for comedy writing on Saturday Night Live and The Ben Stiller Show. He co-created and starred in Mr. Show with Bob and David, which ran on HBO for four years and has been called “the American Monty Python.”
Odenkirk has directed three feature films, including Melvin Goes to Dinner, Let’s Go to Prison and The Brothers Solomon.
He is currently writing and executive producing a new sketch show with the young comedy group The Birthday Boys, which will premiere on IFC in fall 2013.
Odenkirk has had many other memorable roles in films and TV shows, including agent Stevie Grant in The Larry Sanders Show, ex-porn star Gil Bang in Curb Your Enthusiasm and Artillery Arthur in How I Met Your Mother.
He can next be seen in two upcoming features: Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, opposite Bruce Dern and Will Forte, which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Raymond Cruz has appeared in more than 30 feature films and has worked extensively in television, playing a wide range of characters. His work in films includes roles in Havoc, with Anne Hathaway; Training Day, with Denzel Washington; Collateral Damage, with Arnold Schwarzenegger; Alien 4: Resurrection, with Sigourney Weaver; and Clear and Present Danger, with Harrison Ford. Other notable films include The Last Marshal, The Rock, The Substitute, Out for Justice and Under Siege.
On television, Cruz has had recurring roles on My Name is Earl, Day Break, The Division, 24 and Nip/Tuck. He has also guest starred on numerous hit shows, including CSI, CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Star Trek, Boomtown and The X-Files. He recently won an Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work on The Closer.
Cruz also has an extensive stage background and is a recipient of the Drama Critics award.
On Broadway David Costabile has starred in Caroline, or Change, Titanic, Translations and The Tempest. Off Broadway he’s appeared in Mr. Marmalade for Roundabout Theatre and Two Gentlemen of Verona, Caroline, or Change, Henry V (1996, 2003), and Troilus and Cressida all for the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Other stage credits include Carnival and Can Can for Encores!, The Winter’s Tale (CSC) and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum (Williamstown). He co-wrote and starred in The New Bozena at the Cherry Lane Theater. Regional work includes Caroline, or Change at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles; All My Sons and Don’t Make Me Laugh at the Westport Country Playhouse.
Costabile has appeared in such films as A Solitary Man, Notorious, Henry’s Crime, Prime, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Cradle Will Rock, Isn’t She Great and The Seige.
Costabile’s television credits include Flight of the Conchords, The Wire, Damages, Without a Trace, Law & Order, CSI, Will and Grace and Breaking Bad.
Costabile has an MFA from the Graduate Acting Program at NYU.
Actor Mark Margolis is most recently on screen as Hector “Tio” Salamanca on AMC’s hit Breaking Bad, in which he plays a former drug kingpin who is unable to speak or walk due to the lingering effects of a stroke.
Margolis was born in November 1939 in Philadelphia, and moved to New York City at a young age to pursue a career in acting. Under the wing of famed acting teacher Stella Adler, who Margolis sees as a “larger than life” influence on his work, he launched his career with an early focus on theater, where he earned major roles in large-scale productions including Infidel Caesar, a Broadway show based on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Shortly thereafter, Margolis founded Blue Dome, a touring theater company that performed avant-garde productions, including Antonin Artaud’s The Conquest of Mexico, at colleges and universities across the United States, largely funded by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Margolis then returned to theater in New York, and appeared in more than fifty plays in New York’s Off-Broadway including Uncle Sam, and The Golem. While he is more focused on film and television these days, he “does plays when he cannot live without them,” which led him to his most recent role as Bernie Madoff in an upstate New York production entitled Imagining Madoff.
Margolis has had many recurring roles on television in addition to Breaking Bad including Oz, The Equalizer and Kings, as well as guest appearances on a number of popular shows including Californication, Person of Interest and Crossing Jordan.
Margolis has an equally illustrious film career that spans over thirty years and includes seventy films, many of which have been critically acclaimed. He is best known for playing Alberto in Scarface and for appearances in all four of Darren Aronofsky’s films, including The Wrestler and Pi, Aronofsky’s first film and one that Margolis considers a favorite.
Margolis was recently nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Guest Performer on Television for his role in Breaking Bad. He credits his ability to play the critically praised Tio on the show, in part, to a family member who he observed and cared for following a paralyzing stroke, a fate similar to that Tio suffers.
Upcoming for Margolis is an appearance in Stand Up Guys opposite Christopher Walken and Al Pacino, which just wrapped in Los Angeles.
Margolis resides in New York City with his wife Jacqueline. They have one son, Morgan Margolis, the CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment in Los Angeles. He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and conducts occasional acting workshops for young actors in New York City.
With her model looks and quirky style, actress Krysten Ritter is fostering an impressive body of work that encompasses both film and television.
Ritter stars as "Suze" in the Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer produced highly anticipated film Confessions of a Shopaholic alongside Isla Fisher. Confessions is the first in a series of Sophie Kinsella's best selling books. Ritter will also star alongside Alice Eve and Jay Baruchel in the Dreamworks film She's Out of My League. Ritter plays "Patty," the audacious and frank best friend and business partner of "Molly," (Eve). Ritter recently completed production on the indie feature How to Make Love to a Woman, in which she stars with Ian Somerhalder and Josh Meyers.
Ritter was last seen in Twentieth Century Fox's films What Happens in Vegas with Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz and 27 Dresses alongside Katherine Heigl. She has two independent features awaiting distribution this year; Frost which premiered at Slamdance and the 2008 GEN Art Film Festival where Ritter played Ozzy, a troubled, but loving heroin addict alongside Jason Behr; and the indie film BuzzKill with Darrel Hammond. Other film credits include Mona Lisa Smile and the independent feature The Look.
In addition to her appearance on Breaking Bad, Ritter's notable television roles include Lucy on the hugely popular Gilmore Girls and Gia Goodman on the UPN hit series Veronica Mars.
Ritter’s theater credits include All This Intimacy at 2econd Stage Theatre and the 2006 24 Hour Plays at the Signature Theatre.
Ritter is a member of the rock band called Ex-Vivian, which produced songs for both Frost and Buzzkill. She began her career as a client of Elite Model Management. She currently splits her time between coasts.
Veteran comedian/actor Steven Michael Quezada's recent film credits include Love Ranch — starring Joe Pesci and Helen Mirren — and Bollywood director Anurag Basu's upcoming film Kites. He has also been seen in films like Beerfest with the guys from Broken Lizard, First Snow starring Guy Pierce and Three Wise Guys. His short film Milagros has been doing great on the film festival circuit and Steven has been nominated for best actor at the Tenerife International Film Festival in Spain.
Steven has also had a long and successful career as a stand-up comedian: He is a 5-time recipient of the NMHEA Comedian of the Year award. He has been seen on HBO and Showtime and also Que Loco's. He has been a touring Comedian since 1987 and has performed all over the United States.
A native New Mexican, Steven has spent most of his life working out of Albuquerque, NM. He studied theater at Eastern New Mexico University. Married with four children, he still Lives in Albuquerque where he spend most of his time raising money for charities and organizations and playing Golf!
Betsy Brandt is well-known to television audiences and this fall will star as Michael J. Fox’s tough-yet-loyal wife in NBC’s highly anticipated new comedy tentatively called The Henrys.
On television, Brandt has enjoyed multiple guest appearances on popular shows such as ABC’s Private Practice and Boston Legal; CBS’s "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and NCIS; NBC’s hit drama Parenthood and ER; and USA Network’s Fairly Legal. She was also a recurring guest star on CBS’s Without a Trace, playing Libby Coulter.
In the summer of 2012, Brandt appeared in director Steven Soderbergh’s blockbuster feature Magic Mike, alongside Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn and Matt Bomer. Previously, Brandt starred in the independent features Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Shelf Life and Memphis Bound...and Gagged and Confidence, which Variety called a “whip smart” film that “taps into a fresh source for American comedy.”
Brandt has never lost her love of theater and in the fall of 2011 portrayed Holly in the West Coast premiere of Geoffrey Nauffts’ Tony-nominated Next Fall at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. She originated the role of Mary in award-winner Julia Cho’s The Language Archive in its world premiere at South Coast Repertory. She also starred in the world premiere of Beth Henley’s Ridiculous Fraud, Much Ado About Nothing for the Arizona Theatre Company, Control+Alt+Delete for the San Jose Repertory Theatre, Truth and Beauty for South Coast Repertory, and Thirst at the American Conservatory Theater.
Brandt studied theater with the Moscow Art Theater School at Harvard and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She earned her BFA in Acting at Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
A native of Bay City, MI, Brandt now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.
Adam Godley was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. On stage, he was critically lauded for his portrayal of the mentally retarded Michal in 2003's production of The Pillowman at the Royal National Theatre.
Godley played Kenneth Williams in the television movie, Cor Blimey! His role was reprised from the stage play, Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, for which Godley was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance. In 2005, he took the role of Jonathan in Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years and in 2006 he played psychologist Gustave Gilbert in BBC docudrama Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial.
Godley's film roles include Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Mr. Teavee and appearances in Love Actually, Nanny McPhee and a role in The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
More recently, Godley played Raymond Babbit to much acclaim alongside Josh Hartnett in the theater adaptation of Barry Morrow's Oscar-winning Rain Man at the Apollo Theatre in London's Shaftesbury Avenue.
On film, Jessica Hecht has just completed work on >Helena From the Wedding, an ensemble drama from Beech Hill Films. She will next appear as Sam Rockwell’s wife in The Winning Season as well as in 25/8 directed by horror master Wes Craven. Jessica was just seen with Larry David in Woody Allen's Whatever Works. Other notable films include Dan in Real Life with Steve Carell, Starting out in the Evening with Frank Langella, Sideways with Paul Giamatti, The Forgotten with Julianne Moore and The Grey Zone directed by Tim Blake Nelson.
Jessica Hecht's television work is extensive and most recently includes a recurring role on Breaking Bad. Well known for her 5 season recur as "Susan" on Friends, she starred with Jonathan Silverman in The Single Guy and with Joan Cusack in What about Joan? created by James Brooks. Equally adept in drama or comedy, Jessica's many memorable performances include appearances on ER, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Homicide: Life on the Street, Seinfeld and Jesse Stone: Thin Ice with Tom Selleck.
One of New York's most respected stage actors, Jessica will be on Broadway this fall in the revival of two of Neil Simons award winning plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. Her other Broadway credits include Arthur Miller's After the Fall, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar opposite Denzel Washington and the world premiere of the Tony Award winner The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Her many Off-Broadway starring roles include Make Me (Atlantic Theater), Stop, Kiss (The Public), Lobster Alice and Plunge (Playwrights Horizons), Flesh and Blood (N.Y. Theater Workshop) and The Fourth Sister (Vineyard Theatre). She also has performed the past seven seasons at the world famous Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Born to a Puerto Rican, African-American father and a Mexican, German, French, Cherokee Indian mother, this beautiful, dark-haired actress has a look that is mysterious and captivating. This “look” of hers is what got her noticed on billboards throughout Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Carmen is California-born and raised. She now resides in Albuquerque, where she has a recurring role as “Carmen” on the AMC hit series Breaking Bad, and also has appeared in several films and other television series. Her leading film roles include Deadly Impact and Urban Justice. Carmen also flexes her entrepreneurial muscles in Albuquerque as she runs her own businesses and manufactures her own skincare line.
Though born in New York City, Christopher Cousins was raised in Oklahoma where he always assumed he would grow up to be a painter. He caught the "acting bug" as a senior in high school and left his home at the age of seventeen to attend the Acting Department at Boston University and graduated with a BFA from the School of Fine Arts. Christopher then returned to the city of his birth and began his career in the theatre where he played such roles as Norman in The Norman Conquests, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth in Macbeth. He was first introduced to television on , Another World, As The World Turns and One Life To Live. He went on to guest starring roles in Law and Order, Swift Justice, and Prince Street and had a recurring role on Feds.
Cousins moved to L.A. in the late '90s to star in the series Opposite Sex with Milo Ventimiglia. His recent recurring roles include Charles Reilly on Lipstick Jungle opposite Kim Raver and Supreme Court Justice Wallace Rainer on Vanished. He has had other recurring roles in American Dreams, Joan of Arcadia and Stargate SG-1. Cousins has guest starred on numerous programs such as Criminal Minds, Chuck, NCIS, The West Wing, ER, The Practice, Boston Public, The Shield, House, Miracles, Without a Trace, Shark, Cold Case and Monk to name a few.
Film credits include: For Love of the Game with Kevin Costner directed by Sam Raimi, Wicker Park with Josh Hartnett, HBO’s The Grudge 2 and Untraceable with Diane Lane and directed by Gregory Hoblit.
Aditionally, Christopher Cousins returned to painting while living in New York. Since moving to Los Angeles he has had several exhibitions at the Glass Garage Gallery, SoHo Gallery, The Lowe Gallery and Pharmaka Gallery. Outside of L.A. he has had exhibitions in galleries in Seattle WA, Atlanta GA, Boca Raton FL and international exhibitions in Venice, Italy and Hanoi, Vietnam.
Laura Fraser was raised in Glasgow where she attended the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Fraser’s first starring role was in the BBC adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere series. She then moved on to studio films, appearing in Cousin Bette with Jessica Lange, and The Man in the Iron Mask with Leonardo DiCaprio. She also appeared in such TV dramas as The Investor and The Tribe. Hot off the success of the British comedy feature film, Virtual Sexuality, she landed starring roles in numerous UK television series and indies, including, The Match, Divorcing Jack, Conviction and Cassanova.
It was her performance as ‘Lavinia’ opposite Anthony Hopkins in Julie Taymor’s film, Titus, that brought her to the attention of American audiences. Fraser next earned the admiration of fans and critics alike in the hit feature A Knight’s Tale starring Heath Ledger. Other films include, The Flying Scotsman, opposite Johnny Lee Miller, and Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back, opposite Clive Owen.
Laura has also starred in numerous film festival favorites, including 16 Years of Alcohol, Coney Island Baby and will appear in the upcoming Wish You Well with Ellen Burstyn. She also recently starred as a series regular on the BBC drama, Lip Service.
Laura currently stars as Lydia on the award winning series, Breaking Bad and resides in Woodstock, NY.
Growing up in southern California, Matt Jones began acting in theatre as a young teen. At 17, he started performing improv and sketch comedy all over Los Angeles. By the time he was 22, Jones was offered a job at the famous BOOM! Chicago theatre in Amsterdam. Three fantastic years later, he returned to Los Angeles and landed a recurring role as ‘Badger’ in AMC’s Breaking Bad.
Jones’ other TV credits include recurring roles in NCIS, How I Met Your Mother and Community. His film credits include his role as ‘Deputy Pete’ in Kevin Smith’s Red State and the stoner comedy High Road where he played ‘Richie’ alongside Lizzy Caplan.
On the animation side, Jones voices the character of ‘Gunther’ in Disney XD’s animated series Kick Buttowski.
Jones has also sold two television pilots which he was attached as a writer/producer, one to MTV and the other to TBS.
In addition, he can be seen and heard in over 40 commercials for TV and radio.
Charles Baker never gets recognized as Skinny Pete.
A gifted chameleon, Baker has taken on a variety of transformational roles, such as a man attacked by an alien-infected raccoon in Splinter, a soul-stealing demon in Mechanical Grave, and, of course, everyone’s favorite meth-addicted thug, Skinny Pete. Baker was initially cast for one episode, but his role was expanded to recurring.
This led to more opportunities, including his casting as Charlie in Terrence Malick’s highly anticipated upcoming untitled project. He can also be seen in HBO's multiple award winning film, Temple Grandin, as Billy, a ranch hand who befriends Temple (Claire Danes). Baker played Monkey John in the CBS mini-series, Comanche Moon.
He has appeared as a guest star on numerous television shows, of which some include In Plain Sight, Prison Break, The Good Guys, 187-Detroit and Chase.
Currently, Baker is starring in two films on the festival circuit: Odds or Evens, portraying a once-paralyzed suicidal man who is cured when he tries to kill himself. In Knife, his character is hell-bent on vengeance.
Baker likes to tackle parts that take advantage of his extensive training under legendary mime, Johnny Simons. Baker is a classically trained theatre actor, singer, and musician.
Luis Moncada was born in Honduras and moved to the Los Angeles area with his mother and two brothers in hopes of a better life with more opportunities. However, raised in a neighborhood entrenched with gangs Luis soon found himself involved with the wrong crowd. But a part of him always knew that he wanted more than what the gang life had to offer. While working security on a movie set he was offered a small role. That small role soon turned into a career with the help and support of his agent Nancy Chaidez. Growing up he never imagined himself being an actor, but he is extremely thankful for the opportunities and has embraced his career to the fullest.
Luis first found himself in the movie Collateral directed by Michael Mann working with Tom Cruise and Jaime Foxx. Since then Luis has appeared in several films including but not limited to; Fast & Furious alongside Vin Diesel, Days of Wrath, Vengeance and Latin Dragon.
After having worked amazing roles on shows like In Plain Sight, The Cleaner, Castle, The Closer, Dark Blue , ER, Leverage and numerous others, Luis got the chance to recur on 8 episodes of Breaking Bad.
Having tattoos covering most of his body including his eyelids might make him some one you would be wary of. But time after time, the cast and crew fall in love with his alluring personality and infectious smile.
Daniel "Danny" Moncada was born in Honduras and came to the Los Angeles area with his mother and two brothers. Though never officially in a gang, he still found himself enmeshed in the lifestyle alongside his older brother Luis. But soon, Danny was inspired by his brother to leave the gang lifestyle. He started working security on the movie sets.
Danny's big break came from the opportunity to audition for "The Cousins" role on Breaking Bad. His brother Luis had first auditioned for the role. The Casting Director told Luis they loved him but they were looking for real cousins or brothers for the parts. Luis said no problem, "I have a brother."
He came home and told Danny to shave his head, gave him a script and told him to memorize the lines. The two went back for the audition, and the rest is history.
Danny is immensely grateful for the opportunity Breaking Bad afforded him. He is now represented by the Nancy Chaidez Agency and actively auditioning for other roles.
