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As one of Hollywood's leading men, Bruce Boxleitner has starred in a major motion picture franchise, numerous feature films, and several popular television series, produced a major network film and TV series, performed on Broadway, and authored two science fiction novels.

Boxleitner received his formal acting training on stage. A native mid-westerner, he is an alumnus of Chicago's prestigious Goodman Theatre. In 1972, he starred in the Broadway production of Status Quo Vadis with Ted Danson. He then relocated to Los Angeles and quickly landed a guest spot on the legendary TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) as well as numerous guest roles on series, including Hawaii Five-O (1968), Baretta (1975), Police Woman (1974), and Gunsmoke (1955).

Boxleitner's big break occurred when he was cast opposite James Arness in the pilot for the epic TV series How the West Was Won (1976). He went on to star in the CBS series Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); mini-series East of Eden (1981); and TV movie The Last Convertible (1979).

In 1982, Boxleitner was cast as the title role in Disney's cult film Tron (1982) which garnered him science fiction fans worldwide. However, it was in Boxleitner's four-year run for CBS's Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983), starring opposite Kate Jackson, which endeared him to fans everywhere and made him a household name. In 1994, Boxleitner joined the cast of the popular TV series Babylon 5 (1993) as John Sheridan, President of the Interstellar Alliance, a war hero-turned-diplomat at the helm of Earth Alliance Space Station in the year 2259. The show aired for five seasons.

Boxleitner most recently starred with Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy (2010), the popular motion picture sequel to TRON. The cast includes Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. In addition, Boxleitner reprised his role in Tron: Uprising (2012) on Disney's XD TV network, his first animated TV series. The multi-talented cast includes Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, Lance Henriksen, and Paul Reubens. The original TRON recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Several motion pictures include Gods and Generals (2003) with Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang and Mira Sorvino; The Babe (1992) with John Goodman and Kelly McGillis; Kuffs (1992) with Christian Slater; and The Baltimore Bullet (1980) with James Coburn.

Numerous TV movie credits include The Secret (1992) with Kirk Douglas; Perfect Family (1992) with Jennifer O'Neill and Joanna Cassidy; Double Jeopardy (1992) with Rachel Ward, Sally Kirkland and Sela Ward; Passion Flower (1986) with Barbara Hershey and Nicol Williamson; and Hallmark Channel movies, Love's Everlasting Courage (2011) and Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door (2006); among many others. The veteran actor has appeared in numerous recurring roles on TV series including GCB (2012) and Heroes (2006), and has guest-starred on NCIS (2003) and Chuck (2007), among others.

A skilled horseman, Boxleitner utilized his talents in numerous western TV series and films including The Gambler television movie series that aired on CBS and NBC, starring opposite Kenny Rogers; Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994) with James Arness (Arness' final film); CBS' remake of Red River with Gregory Harrison, James Arness and Laura Johnson; Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994) with Hugh O'Brian; and Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986), based on legendary western author Louis L'Amour's novel of the same name.

Boxleitner was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City in April 2012 honoring him for his illustrious career in western films. He is a two-time recipient of the Wrangler Award.

In 2013, Boxleitner co-starred with Andie MacDowell and Dylan Neal in Hallmark Channel's first-ever prime-time series, Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove (2013) to rave reviews and an average of 2 million viewers. The #1 rated cable program was renewed for a third season and is scheduled to premiere in the summer of 2015.

In 1999, Boxleitner authored "Frontier Earth" and in 2001, its sequel "Frontier Earth: Searcher", published by The Berkley Publishing Group. Boxleitner resides in Los Angeles with his wife, publicist Verena King, and has three sons: Sam, Lee and Michael.

Jim Gaffigan is a six-time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer, two-time New York Times best-selling author, three-time Emmy winning top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling recording artist. He is known around the world for his unique brand of humor, which largely revolves around his observations on life. A top ten earning comedian according to Forbes' 2019 comedy list, Jim recently released his 9th stand-up special, Comedy Monster, on Netflix. He was also recently awarded for being the first comedian to reach one billion streams on Pandora.

Up next, Gaffigan will be seen as the lead in the Sci-Fi drama Linoleum, which will premiere at SXSW in 2022, and will star as Mr. Smee in Disney's Peter Pan and Wendy, opposite Jude Law's Captain Hook He was also recently heard in Disney/Pixar's highly anticipated film, Luca, opposite Jacob Tremblay and Maya Rudolph.

On the silver screen, his many credits include Three Kings, Super Troopers 1 & 2, and Chappaquiddick. 2019 was Gaffigan's biggest year to date with an astonishing eight films releasing, three which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival including Troop Zero with Viola Davis and Alison Janney, Them That Follow and Light From Light - with many festival goers and press calling Gaffigan the "King of Sundance." Gaffigan also had two films recently in which he debuted as the lead. The comedic film Being Frank, and American Dreamer, a dark thriller which was the grand finale of 2019 for Jim and features him as a ride share driver who moonlights as a private driver for a drug dealer. Both films are now available for download. Gaffigan can also be seen opposite Ethan Hawke in IFC Films Tesla, as well as opposite Josh Hartnett in Saban Films Most Wanted.

In addition to two seasons of the critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical The Jim Gaffigan Show, which he wrote and produced with his wife Jeannie, and his widely popular stand-up comedy specials, Gaffigan has guest starred on many television comedies and dramas, ranging from Portlandia and Bob's Burgers to the HBO cult hits Flight of the Concords to dramatic roles in Law & Order. Gaffigan regularly does humorous commentaries on CBS Sunday Morning for which he has won 3 Emmys. In 2018 Jim served as master of ceremony at The Al Smith Memorial dinner. In 2015, Gaffigan had the great honor of performing for Pope Francis and over 1 million festival attendees at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia. Gaffigan starred on Broadway with Brian Cox, Kieffer Sutherland, Chris Noth and Jason Patric in That Championship Season.

Gaffigan and his wife currently live in Manhattan with their five loud and expensive children.

Chelsea Brummet was born on 28 January 1987 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Gilmore Girls (2000), What I Like About You (2002) and All That (1994).

David Otunga was born on 7 April 1980 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Call (2013), Criminal Minds (2005) and WWE Smackdown! (1999).

Courtney Reed was born on 10 August 1984 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Endings, Beginnings (2019), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and The Affair (2014).

Dean St. John was born on 8 March 1960 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for I Am Number Four (2011), Cyborg (1989) and Killers (2010).

Ben Kalina was born on 5 October 1981 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. Ben is a producer and executive, known for Big Mouth (2017), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022) and The Midnight Gospel (2020).

Billy Dickson was born in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is known for Ally McBeal (1997), IQ-145 (2008) and The Palmer Supremacy (2014).

Charles Gatewood was born on 8 November 1942 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Vernacular Visions 27 Feat. the Video Work of Charles Gatewood (2016), Painless Steel (1990) and Bizarre Fetish Videos (1990). He died on 28 April 2016 in San Francisco, California, USA.

Shawn Montgomery was born on 22 April 1985 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Retribution (2023), Baghead (2023) and UglyDolls (2019).

Kevin Martin was born on 9 April 1969 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Children of Men (2006), Airheads (1994) and The D Train (2015).

Michael Galvin was born on 10 November 1973 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Shank's Mare (2004), The White Room (2000) and Vengeance of the Dead (2001).

Brian Oldfield (The Big O) is a legendary shot-putter, best known for perfecting the rotational style of shot-putting, which he used to become the first man to throw 75 feet in 1975.

Oldfield, well-known for his eccentric behaviour both on and off track, was also successful as an athlete in the Scottish Highland Games and appeared on television's "Superstars" and "World's Strongest Men" competitions.

Paul Swearingen was born on 7 March 1963 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Dead Calling (2006), Blackout (2009) and The Radio Mechanics: Apocalypse of the Dial (2005). He died on 26 June 2020 in Wisconsin, USA.

Jayson Creek was born on 16 June 1956 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Gilmore Girls (2000), Suddenly Susan (1996) and Angel (1999).

Jason Ryan Lovett is an American actor who has performed in film, television, and the theater.

He is known for his role as Billionaire Gilbert Hulko in Adam Ruins Everything, WSB Agent Evans in General Hospital, and Harvey Goobenstien in Victorious. He also plays Doctor Goode on the original internet series, Space Hospital.

Young Entertainer Award winner Sawyer Amadeus is an international award-winning actor across Europe, Asia, North and South America at festivals alongside industry giants George Clooney, Liam Neeson, William Shatner, Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes, Gérard Depardieu, Millie Bobby Brown, and Timothée Chalamet.

Sawyer was born in Elgin, Illinois, to Craig and Sarah Holmberg, on September 13th, 1997. His great+ grandfather was King Edward III of England, and he's cousins with Anderson Cooper and Eddie Redmayne. Sawyer has won an astonishing 21 awards internationally for his portrayal of an AI who becomes sentient, in ALT + <3 (2018), 14 for his role in the time travel comedy Love Takes Time (2018), and 15 for Say It with Your Vest (2019). He's also won awards internationally for his work in the series Just The Tip (2019) as the whimsical Smokey and received a nomination for his obsessed, bedsheet snorting, exceedingly eccentric character in Roses and Restraining Orders (2017). Sawyer also won a Young Entertainer Award, considered to be the child actor equivalent of the Oscars, for Say It with Your Vest (2019) and has had five additional YEA nominations Be Happy (2017), ALT + <3 (2018), A Family Christmas (2018), Just The Tip (2019), and If the Shoe Fits, Buy It! (2019) respectively.

When he was eight-years-old, his first musical was a youth theater production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999). Later when Sawyer was 16, his first professional, theater performance came when he was cast in an Equity production of the same show with Ozark Actors Theatre playing the role of Zebulun. He was also cast in the 2014 Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's A Christmas Carol (1999) where he played the role of Chalmers and was a resident performer at Burbank Family Theater (2016-2019).

He began singing professionally in 2007 when he sang in the Christmas spectacular, Holiday Showcase at the Sears Centre Arena. In 2008, he sang in Holst's The Planets which was narrated by Leonard Nimoy and performed again in the Sears Centre's Holiday Showcase but this time with Tony award winner Jodi Benson. Since then, Sawyer's sung the National Anthem for the opening of the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, the Chicago Rush at the Allstate Arena, and the Chicago Express at the Sears Centre Arena. He was also selected to perform in the international Aloha Children's Choir Festival at Waikiki Shell in Honolulu with Henry Leck. Sawyer's performed in concert with the Grammy® award winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Dove award nominees BarlowGirl. He also sang in The Queen's Coronation Festival Gala (2013) at Buckingham Palace and for the opening of the Glasgow 2014 Opening Ceremony (2014) on BBC. Most recently, Sawyer has sung in At the Movies at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Carmina Burana at the Crystal Cathedral, and in Grammy® award-winning composer Eric Whitacre's Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe (2018).

Bobby Rosengarden was born on 23 April 1924 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Ernie Kovacs Show (1961), The Steve Allen Show (1950) and Standing Room Only (1976). He was married to Sharon Lee Rosier and Dorothy Kline. He died on 27 February 2007 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Lauren Hinner was born on 20 December 1984 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. Lauren is known for Blindspot (2015).

Composer and songwriter ("Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland", "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"), educated with Emil Liebling in Chicago and at the Berlin Conservatory with Yetlitzky. Joining ASCAP in 1939, his chief musical collaborator was Beth Slater Whitson. His other popular-song compositions include "When I Dream of Old Erin", "If I Should", "In His Steps", "Baby Mine", "In Poppyland", "Wigwam Dance", "Indian Sun Dance", and "The Trailing Arbutus".

Eddie Crew was born on 28 February 1971 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and art director, known for XIII (2003), The Green Hornet (2006) and Immortal (2004).

Brandon Johnson was born on 27 March 1976 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He has been married to Stacie Rencher since 22 December 1998. They have three children.

Tom Shales was born on 3 November 1944 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun, The Larry Sanders Show (1992) and This Is MST3K (1992). He died on 13 January 2024 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

Lisa Michaels was born on 18 July 1963 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Birth (1984), You're Under Arrest! (1996) and Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006).

Raag Harshavat was born on 5 February 1990 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. Raag is a writer, known for Imperfect (2010), Corpse Pose (2018) and HDEC: Humans Do Exist Club (2017).