Annette O'Toole was originally known to Superman fans as Lana Lang in Superman III with Christopher Reeve. But her career started back in 1973 on a tv movie. Then she was briefly typecast as the loyal girlfriend in One on One (1977), King of the Gypsies (1978), and 48HRS (1982). She has played on several movies since then.
Erica Durance, 26, also credited as Erica Parker, was born and raised in a small town called Three Hills in Alberta, Canada. Erica loves acting and did vocal training for 12 years. She started out in Vancouver, appearing as an extra in various programs, then graduated to doing commercials. Before landing her role as Lois Lane, Erica guest starred on Andromeda, Stargate SG-1 and Tru Calling.
Erica recently married actor David Palffy, who starred as Annibus on Stargate SG-1.
Jensen Ackles was born March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas. He has an older brother, Joshua, and a younger sister, Mackenzie. He began modeling as a child at age 4. In high school, he played baseball and lacrosse. He considered studying sports medicine at Texas Tech University, but decided to move to Los Angeles to try out acting. Jensen's first major role was as Eric Brady on "Days of Our Lives". He also starred on "Dark Angel" and "Dawson's Creek
John Glover was born August 7, 1944, in Salisbury, Maryland. He is a noted actor in many fields including, television, movies and theater. He has starred in three separate DC Comics productions. In "Batman, The Animated Series", he did The voice for the Riddler, in "Batman & Robin", he starred as Dr. Jason Woodrue, and now as Lionel Luthor on Smallville. Although John's role on Smallville as Lionel Luthor was cast in the first season, he didn't become a regular on the show until the second season.
John Schneider first came to fame as Bo Duke. A show I personally grew up watching. John Richard Schneider was born April 8,1960 in Mt. Kisco, NY. John began acting at the age of eight. He was in many plays in New York. He and his mother moved to Atlanta, GA when he was fourteen. He got involved in the local theater and was in many local productions. He had a small part in Smokey and the Bandit (1977) starring Burt Reynolds. His break came when he auditioned for the Dukes of Hazzard pretending he was a country boy from Snellville, Georgia.
The show lasted from 1979-1985 and was a huge success with Duke products everywhere. He also became a popular country star with hits like "I've Been Around Enough To Know" and "Country Girls". He is the co-founder of the Children's Miracle Network charity organization, along with Marie Osmond. He is also doing work on the WB cartoon " The Mummy".
John Schneider fits the role perfectly as Jonathan Kent, father of Superman, with the conservative and wise country-father attitude he brings the character. Not everyone could be believable as the dad who raises an American legend, but John Schneider does it well
Kristin Kreuk was born on December 30, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was discovered for a CBC series, Edgemont, during her senior year of high school. Besides portraying Lana Lang in Smallville, she has recently played as Snow White in a tv movie
Michael is a very busy man. Not only does he co-star on Smallville as the one day criminal mastermind Lex Luthor, but he also does the voice for the Flash on the Justice League on the Cartoon Network, the voice on the WB cartoon the ZETA project for Agent West, and he recently starred in a movie called Sorority Boys.
Michael was born on July 11, 1972 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York. He first started acting in High School working on plays. His first big gig was as one of the "Amsterdam Kids" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Sam, born April 29, 1983, grew up in Boston, Massachusetts . He did a few commercials locally before moving to Los Angeles and deciding to pursue a career in acting. Recently, besides playing Pete Ross on Smallville, Sam has played on the WB's Nightmare Room and two episodes of the top rated show C.S.I Crime Scene Investigation as James Moore.
Tom Welling was born on April 24, 1977, in New York. He went to high school at Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan, where he graduated in 1995.
Tom did some modeling for the Louisa Modeling agency, before he got his big break as Rob the karate instructor in several episodes of CBS's Judging Amy
Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan Atwood)
Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan Grew up in Austin, Texas and was born in 1979. He is the nephew of Pulitzer Prize- winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, who co-authored the screenplay for "The Quiet American".
This is one of Benjamin's very first professional acting roles but he has had numerous roles in plays during his school years including the role of "Teddy" in 'Homecoming', "Bennie" in 'Getting Out' and also a part in 'Life is a Dream'
Mischa Barton (Marissa Cooper)
Mischa Barton has developed an extensive filmography and theatrical resume that will surely make her one of the most sought after young actress of her generation. Her feature film debut occurred in 1998 with the critically lauded Sundance favorite Lawn Dogs (1997) opposite Sam Rockwell. Her hailed performance was followed by Pups (1999), a modern day version of 'Bonnie & Clyde' for filmmaker Ash (Bang). She has since wracked up key roles in the 1999 Blockbusters Sixth Sense, The (1999) with Bruce Willis and 'Haley Joel Osment' , and Notting Hill (1999), with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
Barton has subsequently completed work on an additional five features. They include this past summer's _ Lost and Delirious (2001) _ opposite Piper Perabo for Lions Gate and _ Julie Johnson (2001) _ with Courtney Love and Lili Taylor; both of which premiered at Sundance. She can also be seen in Skipped Parts (2000) with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Drew Barrymore.
At age nine, Barton began her promising career in New York Theater with a lead role in Tony Kushner's 'Slavs!' She soon segued into the lead role of Emma Hatrick in James Lapine's 'Twelve Dreams' at the renowned Lincoln Center. Among her varied stage credits are 'Where the Truth Lies' and 'One Flea Spare', both of which took place at the New York Shakespeare Festival.
No stranger to television, Barton was featured for three seasons on the daytime drama 'All My Children'. She also portrayed the title role of Frankie alongside Joan Plowright in the recent Showtime feature Frankie and Hazel for producer Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton recently returned from location in Australia filming the Disney telefilm Ring of Endless Light, A (2002) (TV) and segues into an eight-episode arch on ABC's "Once and Again" (1999). A long-time Manhattan resident, Barton enjoys family-life with her parents and two sisters
Adam Brody (Seth Cohen)
For Hollywood newcomer Adam Brody, good things come in waves.
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Brody spent his teen years living the California Dream: surfing, sunning and swimming. So when it became clear that there was more to his ambition than a career as a professional surfer, he needed to make a decision on his future.
One day while floating on his board off of La Jolla waiting for the next wave, he came up with a plan to go to Hollywood and turn a longtime desire to act into reality.
After convincing his unwitting parents to allow him to attend college in Los Angeles, Brody moved to Hollywood in January 1999. But instead of enrolling in academia, he enlisted the services of an acting coach and started making the rounds.
A few months (and several part-time jobs) later, the first wave hit as Brody began to land small roles in commercials, pilots, and soaps. Then, a year to the day after his arrival in Hollywood, came the Big Kahuna -- the call that he had been cast in ?Growing Up Brady? as the young Barry Williams.
Though the news came as a big surprise to his parents and 15-year-old twin brothers, Brody acknowledges that as his first fans, their unwavering support and encouragement continue to motivate him.
Peter Gallagher (Sandy Cohen)
A handsome, brooding actor equally at home in mainstream Hollywood fare and in American independent projects -- as well as on the theatrical stage -- Peter Gallagher was born August 19, 1955, in Armonk, NY. While attending Tufts University, he spent his summers appearing with area theater groups, and after graduating in 1977, he acted on Broadway in a revival of Hair. Gallagher then starred as Danny Zuko in Grease, a performance which led to his portrayal of a '50s-era pop singer in his film debut, 1980's The Idolmaker. Summer Lovers followed two years later, but proved such a miserable experience that Gallagher fled Hollywood to return to the stage. He won a Theatre World Award that same year for his work in the Broadway musical A Doll's Life, and earned a Clarence Derwent Award in 1984 for his turn in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing.
In 1985, Gallagher returned to film in the Dennis Potter-scripted Dreamchild, followed in 1987 by My Little Girl. After garnering a Tony nomination for his work in a controversial revival of Long Day's Journey into Night, he enjoyed his motion picture breakthrough as an adulterous attorney in Steven Soderbergh's influential 1989 debut sex, lies, and videotape. The performance earned Gallagher considerable credibility within the independent filmmaking community, but his next several efforts were more mainstream productions like 1990's Tune in Tomorrow and the television drama Love and Lies. However, a subsequent turn in Peter Sellars' 1991 avant-silent The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez brought acclaim from art-house audiences, and with a lead role in Robert Altman's 1992 comeback The Player, Gallagher's stock rose even higher. That same year, the actor wowed theater audiences with his portrayal of Sky Masterson in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls, a widely praised production that also starred Nathan Lane.
Over the following years, Gallagher split his time between edgier material (Tim Robbins' Bob Roberts, Altman's Short Cuts, and Soderbergh's The Underneath) and lighter, glossier projects (Malice, While You Were Sleeping, and To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday). In 1999, he gave smarm a good, or at least convincing, name, starring as a sleazy physician in The House on Haunted Hill, a remake of William Castle's 1958 horror classic, and as a similarly repugnant real estate salesman in American Beauty. The following year he took on a substantially lighter assignment with his role as a dance troupe leader in Nicholas Hytner's Center Stage. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Kelly Rowan (Kirsten Nichols Cohen)
Born in Ottawa and then raised in Toronto, natural blonde Kelly Rowan first found acting opportunities on Canadian television when she was 19.
At this time Kelly was still training in workshops and classes such as Shakespeare and Second City for which she did a little fashion modelling in New York to help with the finances.
In 1990 Kelly moved to Los Angeles, the movie capital, and after appearing in several television series Kelly landed her first role in a major film, albeit a minor part in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Peter Pan's mother.
Since then she has stayed in the mundane but rewarding world of TV movies but roles in 187 (1997)and Three To Tango (1999)suggests that Kelly has the potential and ambition to go for more serious roles in features rather than TV movies
Tate Donovan (Jimmy Cooper)
Son of a retired surgeon J. Timothy Donovan & Eileen Donovan And having 5 older siblings. Tate Donovan started his career at a such a young age.He gained notice as an airman on World War 2 theatrical film Memphis Belle (1990) Playing a recovering drug addict on Clean and Sober, opposite Michael Keaton (1988) And a cocky elder camper in Space Camp (1986) Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 1994 for his work on "Inside Monkey Zetterland" And yet his biggest success has the voice of animated character Hercules (1997).
Tate dated Jennifer Aniston a few years back and costarred as her boyfriend on the series "Friends". He Plays the fiddle with the traditional Irish band The McGuffins and enjoys still photography
Melinda Clarke (Julie Cooper)
Born in Dana Point, California, Mindy Clarke was raised by her ballet dancer mother Patricia and actor father John Clarke.
At the age of 18 she moved to L.A. and launched her career in acting and modeling. Her first role was Faith Taylor in 'Days of Our Lives' (1989-90). Her father John Clarke is an original cast member! Her first movie role was in 'Hot Under the Collar', a forgotten B-comedy.
In 1993, she starred in horror film 'Return of the Evil Dead 3.'. I think it wasn't a joy making that movie, because she later turned down the role of Tatum in 'Scream' because she had no desire to be in horror film again... (She was replaced by Rose McGowan) Mindy's most important movie role was in '97 action-fantasy film 'Spawn'. She played Jessica Priest.
Rachel Bilson (Summer Roberts)
No information on Rachel as of yet. But here is a small filmography.
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
as "gum-chewing girl" in Career Choices (2003)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as "Colleen" in Dirty Girls (2003)
Alan Dale (Caleb Nichol)
Alan Dale was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he started appearing in his parents' amateur theatre group at age 12. In his first play, his leading lady turned out to be the mother of one of his mates, and he was so embarrassed about having to kiss her, they just pretended to kiss.
After school, he moved to Auckland. He married at twenty-one, and found work as a milk man. While making deliveries, he heard the breakfast radio announcer state that he was quitting. Alan finished delivering the milk and went and applied. He got the job.
In 1979, at age 31, he got divorced and moved to Australia to further his career. Ten days after arriving in Sydney, he landed his first television role in "The Young Doctors." After three years as "Dr. John Forest", he went on to star in the Australian soap, "Neighbours" as "Jim Robinson," his defining role, for eight years.
Post "Neighbours", he and his wife Tracey moved to Los Angeles, where Alan has been seen a large number of U.S. television programmes, including "ER", "Navy NCIS", "The X Files", "The O.C." and "The Practice", as well as movies such as "Star Trek: Nemesis" and "X-Men".
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