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Billy Burke was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington, USA. He began singing at age nine, and joined a band at age fifteen. He continued to work with bands and study/performing drama at Western Washington University. He performed in Seattle at the Annex Theater, New City Festival, and the A.H.A. Theater, though it was as a musician, not an actor, that Burke first moved to Los Angeles. A demo deal with a major record label that "didn't quite pan out", left him to explore the only other thing he "knew he was good at". With two independent films shot in his native Seattle under his belt, he began auditioning and very soon working as an actor.

He made his feature film debut in the independent film Daredreamer (1989). After a string of mostly "bad guy with facial hair" TV guest appearances, he landed his first studio picture role in the Zucker brothers' genre spoof Mafia! (1998). Capitalizing on his deadpan comedic sensibilities, he then won the title role in Dill Scallion (1999), the cult classic "mockumentary" about the rise and fall of a slightly touched country music singer. Co-starring in "Dill", was then fledgling writer/director Peter Berg. It was Berg who brought Billy back to television to play "Dr. Abe Matthews" in the acclaimed ABC drama Wonderland (2000). Although its life on the air was short-lived, Wonderland (2000) won the hearts of critics and fans, alike, and was recently re-released in its entirety on DirecTV.

Paramount's Along Came a Spider (2001) marked Billy's first revisit to studio films. He then returned yet again to television for the second season of Fox's mega hit series 24 (2001). His disturbing portrayal of abusive father and husband "Gary Matheson" still resonates as a fan favorite. In 2004, Billy teamed up with John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix in the firefighter drama Ladder 49 (2004). It was here that the studios once again began to recognize his on-screen magnetism. So, after another steady stream of notable television performances, he was cast alongside Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling in New Line's hit thriller Fracture (2007), directed by NYPD Blue (1993) creator Gregory Hoblit. This multi-layered turn as a flawed cop snared by his own aberrations caught the eye of Academy Award winning director Robert Benton. Benton swiftly invited Billy to join the cast of his and Lakeshore Entertainment's Feast of Love (2007), which included Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear. As fate would have it, neither Gregory Hoblit nor Lakeshore had seen enough of Burke's dry wit and unshakable persona, so when it came time to find a match for Diane Lane in Untraceable (2008), he got the call to play the rock solid "Detective Eric Box". Since arriving in Hollywood in the early 90s, Billy Burke has never stopped working. There are countless credits that come in between the aforementioned that of course, also serve as a testament to his gift and longevity. However, it was a chance viewing of Dill Scallion (1999) that struck an indelible head turn for director Catherine Hardwicke. The impression Billy's performance left, lasted until they met in 2007 while Hardwicke and Summit Entertainment were looking for someone to play "Charlie Swan" in their film adaptations of the bestselling book series The "Twilight" Saga. After a brief meeting and read-through of a few scenes, Billy and Catherine agreed... it was "meant to be". Summit followed suit and welcomed him into the franchise. Millions of fans around the world have concurred with the choice and the overwhelming response to his theatrical work has given him solace in the fact that he never got that record deal.

Mark L. Young was born on 22 August 1988 in Everett, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for We're the Millers (2013), Sex Drive (2008) and Movie 43 (2013).

Linda Lee Cadwell was born on 21 March 1945 in Everett, Washington, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), A Night in Heaven (1983) and Saturday Night Live (1975). She has been married to Bruce Cadwell since 1991. She was previously married to Tom Bleecker and Bruce Lee.

Randy Couture is a collegiate wrestler and fighter turned actor from Everett, Washington. He served as a four time US Olympic wrestling team alternate as a soldier in the U.S. Army, and is also a 6 time world heavyweight and light heavyweight UFC champion and Hall of Famer. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's degree in foreign language literature and is also fluent in German. Randy's current girlfriend is actress Mindy Robinson. He is best known for starring in all three of The Expendables, Ambushed, and The Scorpion King 2.

Christopher Miller is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Philip A. Lord. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Into the Spider-Verse is considered one of the best animated films of the 2010s and won Best Animated Feature.

Michael Shamus Wiles was born on 27 October 1955 in Everett, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Lost Highway (1997), The X Files (1998) and Fight Club (1999).

Margaret "Peg" Phillips was a retired accountant when she began taking acting classes at age 65. In 1990 she was cast in the role of Ruth-Anne Miller, the shop keeper in the series Northern Exposure (1990). The role was supposed to be only intermittent, but Peg's portrayal won the hearts of viewers, and Ruth-Anne became a regular role. In addition to Northern Exposure (1990), Peg appeared with Shirley MacLaine in Waiting for the Light (1990) and TV movies How the West Was Fun (1994) and Chase (1985), and guest appearances in 7th Heaven (1996), Touched by an Angel (1994), and ER (1994), and a number of commercials. Born in Everett, Washington, Peg overcame polio, peritonitis, a ruptured aorta, and, at age 81, a broken hip and wrist from being hit by a car. A smoker since age 13, Peg Phillips died of lung disease in a suburban Seattle care center. She was 84.

Kenny Loggins was born on 7 January 1948 in Everett, Washington, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Footloose (1984), Caddyshack (1980) and Top Gun (1986). He was previously married to Julia Cooper and Eva Ein.

Jeanette studied Theater at Cornish College of the arts and soon after dove into the Seattle film scene where she began booking shorts, commercials, voice-overs and independent films such as World Enough and Time, The Stranger and the horror cult-favorite, Frayed. She booked the indie film The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle directed by David Russo, then met and began working with Lynn Shelton, playing the lead in the web series What the Funny, and landing roles in her films My Effortless Brilliance and Your Sister's Sister. You can catch Jeanette in the upcoming film Charm City Kings written by Berry Jenkins and premiering at Sundance Film Festival. Devastatingly, Jeanette passed away from cancer in early 2021. My Fiona is her last on screen role.

Nancy Coleman was born on 30 December 1912 in Everett, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for The Gay Sisters (1942), Her Sister's Secret (1946) and Devotion (1946). She was married to Whitney Bolton. She died on 18 January 2000 in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, USA.

Carol Kaye was born on 24 March 1935 in Everett, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for The Perfect Host (2010), The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964) and The Hot Rock (1972).

Ryan McCoy was born and raised in Everett, Washington. Growing up, he made movies with his childhood friends. After high school, he attended the Art Institute of Seattle, where he studied film and video production. While still attending school, Ryan began pre-production for his first film, "black." He met his director, Claude Sandeaux, while in school and asked him to direct. Three years later, Ryan has now moved to Los Angeles, where he continues to pursue filmmaking. His first film, "Black," is now in the process of finding distribution.

Andy Arness was born on 31 December 1959 in Everett, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Chance (2016) and Chain Letter (2010). He has been married to Doreen Brown since 2000. They have one child. He was previously married to Teddy Baxter and Debbie Merrill.

Luscious slender brunette Cherie Jean Witter was born on October 22, 1963 in Everett, Washington. Cherie began modeling while still in high school. Following graduation from high school, Witter signed with an agency and spent time both in Paris and New York. Cherie was the Playmate of the Month in the February, 1985 issue of "Playboy." Cherie Witter went on to appear in a "Playboy" video and posed for a handful of "Playboy" newsstand special editions.

Michael Rogers' experiences span more than five decades in film, television, and theater.

Starting as a young community theater performer in the early '70s, he quickly found that acting was just a small part of the overall stage experience. Wanting to further his theater knowledge, Michael expanded his duties to stage manager and technical supervisor, initially with Cascade Players, then at Lower Columbia College, University of Washington (where he accompanied the Huskie football team to the 1977 Rose Bowl), and at Pacific University, where his studies included Medical Technology with minors in Business Management and Theatre. His theater experience as an actor, technical supervisor or musician included numerous musicals such as "Godspell", "Brigadoon", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "HMS Pinafor", "Student Prince", "Hair", "Jesus Christ Superstar", and "The Fantastiks", to name a few.

After a brief stint as a medic, he furthered his studies in Medical and Paramedical Technology at Central Washington University and University of Alaska, Anchorage. Working as a Paramedic in Alaska, Michael managed to find time to perform in various cabarets, and in 1980 he accepted a position as Co-producer and Master of Ceremonies for a San Francisco Performing Arts and Dance Company. After the first season, the group began touring internationally (Canada, Japan, & US) where Michael logged an impressive 1,500 shows, including the Princess Cruise Lines.

In 1983, Michael felt the call of Hollywood. In the years that he lived in Los Angeles, Michael's appearances included numerous commercials, films, as well as television shows. He expanded his resume to include film production.

In 1989 Michael's "live show" production experience and his lifelong love of music (he's an accomplished pianist) yielded him an offer with a personal management company based in Los Angeles, where he worked with name artists helping to organize tours, personal appearances, music videos and recordings.

After two years in the music world, an opportunity presented itself to Michael that he could not resist. A start-up company wanted to expand in the newly "freed" Czechoslovakia. Michael accepted immediately, arriving in Prague in 1991. He was one of the first to produce a music festival in the "new" Prague, "Let the Sun Shine", celebrating the new "Age of Aquarius" in Eastern Europe. Co-directing and co-editing 6 music videos shot in Czechoslovakia prior to the show, cemented him in the rapidly expanding film market.

During his first three years in Prague, Michael helped to establish this new company as an international distribution and sales rep. He also was involved with local ex pat theater groups. Always looking for opportunities, and slowly becoming familiar with the "language & customs", Michael's production experience allowed him to co-produce & co-edit two segments of "Na Vlastni Oci" for Nova Television, the first private television station in Prague. And again capitalizing on his love of music and music management experience in LA, Michael was involved extensively with the start up of a concert company - now one of the biggest in Europe - and in addition to working with many name artists and groups, in 1994 was the Prague Production Manger for Pink Floyd, supervising over 500 local personnel for the show at Strahov Stadium with over 180,000 fans in attendance.

Michael was introduced to a Canadian/Czech company in 1994. Initially hired for a lead role in one of their films, he became the company's Production Manger the following year and Line Producer in 1996, where he remained until moving to Vienna in 2005.

This love of acting that has been present with Michael since his early days of theater, has transferred nicely into the European film community. He has made numerous appearances in productions. And, more impressively, many of these appearances were also while doing "double duty" as Line Producer and/or Production Manager.

Since moving to Vienna, he has also found a place working consistantly as an english language trainer and dialogue coach

Cam McHarg grew up in the rainy working class neighborhoods of the pacific northwest in the Unites States, where he started acting after winning the lead role in a school play. After a short stint in the Marine Corps, he won a scholarship for his work to study at the former Lee Strasberg Acting Workshop in Seattle. He later spent time observing at The Actors Studio in Los Angeles, and appeared onstage in dozens of plays. He earned a BFA in film at Art Center College of Design, where he was a shortlisted winner for the Cannes Young Director Award.

William Prochnau was born on 9 August 1937 in Everett, Washington, USA. He was a writer, known for Proof of Life (2000) and By Dawn's Early Light (1990). He was married to Laura Parker and Lani Gruger. He died on 28 March 2018 in Washington, USA.

Patrick Chu was born on 6 August 1985 in Everett, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Premature (2014), Thumbsucker (2005) and Living Life (2004).

Ted Shreffler was born on 20 March 1943 in Everett, Washington, USA. He was a composer, known for The Adulteress (1973) and How to Be a Friend (1977). He was married to Susan Reed. He died on 22 August 2009 in Burbank, California, USA.

Chris Chandler was born on 12 October 1965 in Everett, Washington, USA. He has been married to Chrystal Okada since 2014. He was previously married to Diane Brodie.

Kent Weeks was born on 16 December 1941 in Everett, Washington, USA. He was previously married to Susan Howe.

Steve Finley was born on 27 May 1967 in Everett, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for WCW Saturday Night (1985). He was married to Shayna Edwards. He died on 17 June 2017 in the USA.

Bobbie Holtzman was born on 7 July 1926 in Everett, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for NYPD Blue (1993), Simon & Simon (1981) and Ally McBeal (1997). She was married to Alan Holtzman. She died on 31 December 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Henry Jackson was born on 31 May 1912 in Everett, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Peanuts to the Presidency (1978), What's My Line? (1950) and World Wide '60 (1960). He died on 1 September 1983 in Everett, Washington, USA.

Brian James McGuire was born on 12 January 1970 in Everett, Washington, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Downer (1997), Further Back Slightly (2016) and She Leaves the City (2012).