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Bradley Whitford's credits in film, television and theater include work with some of the most noted writers, directors and playwrights in the arts, and constitute a career worthy of a Juilliard-trained actor -- which he is. But stardom is something else altogether, and it remained elusive, at least until 1999 and his appearance on NBC's acclaimed political drama, The West Wing (1999).

Bradley Whitford was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to Genevieve Smith Whitford, a poet and writer, and George Van Norman Whitford. He studied theater and English literature at Wesleyan University and earned a master's degree in theater from the prestigious Juilliard Theater Center. Whitford's first professional performance was in the off-Broadway production of "Curse of the Starving Class," with Kathy Bates. He also starred in the Broadway production of "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin's "A Few Good Men." His additional theater credits include "Three Days of Rain" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, "Measure for Measure" at the Lincoln Center, and the title role in "Coriolanus" at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Some of Whitford's most memorable performances include roles in such films as The Muse (1999) with Albert Brooks and Bicentennial Man (1999) with Robin Williams. He has also appeared in Scent of a Woman (1992), A Perfect World (1993), Philadelphia (1993), The Client (1994), My Life (1993), Red Corner (1997), Presumed Innocent (1990), and My Fellow Americans (1996). He also had a prominent supporting part in the horror thriller Get Out (2017), as a suspicious suburban father.

1993 graduate of DeForest Area High School, in DeForest, Wisconsin. Attended the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, earning a bachelor degree of fine arts in 1997. From there, attended Rutgers University in New Jersey, earning a master of fine arts in 2001. After leaving Rutgers, headed to the New York area to work on her acting career. After 2 years in New York, moved to Los Angeles and worked on some unsuccessful pilots before landing her role on Joey (2004) co-starring Matt LeBlanc and Drea de Matteo.

Sarayu Blue is a stage, film, and television actress. While perhaps more well-known for her sharp comedic timing, she has also shown her great range in dramas, as seen in the Amazon limited series, "Expats," starring opposite Nicole Kidman, and directed by Lulu Wang. Blue began her career stealing scenes in David E. Kelley's medical drama, "Monday Mornings." She continued to work as a series regular, playing Kareema on The CW's, "No Tomorrow," and co-starred in the "Children's Hospital" spin-off, "Medical Police." Her breakout moment came when she starred as Emet in the female-driven NBC comedy, "I Feel Bad," produced by Amy Poehler. Since then, she has been seen in Hulu's Happiest Season, the second and third installments of the hit Netflix franchise, "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," the Apple+ TV series, "The Shrink Next Door," the Universal feature, "Blockers," and the Amazon feature, "A Million Miles Away."

Blue has also accumulated numerous guest roles on shows such as, "Grey's Anatomy (ABC)," "The Real O'Neals" (ABC), "Station 19" (ABC), "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS), "The Unicorn" (CBS), and "Veep" (HBO).

A classically trained theater actor, some of Blue's stage credits include Varya in, "The Cherry Orchard" (Yale Repertory Theatre), Belle in, "A Christmas Carol" (American Conservatory Theater), and Livia in, "The Tamer Tamed" (Shakespeare Santa Cruz).

Blue received her B.A. in Theater Arts from The University of Iowa, and her M.F.A. from The American Conservatory Theater, in San Francisco.

Two-time Golden Globe nominee and SAG Award nominated actor Chris Noth stars on Season 3 FX's critically acclaimed drama Tyrant (2014) and has two independent films coming out this year.

On Tyrant (2014), Noth enters the show in its third season premiering in July, starring as Gen. William Cogswell, an exiled powerhouse whose return to Abbudin and subsequent rise to power is complicated by his romantic history and hidden idiosyncrasies. In film, he stars in the hit Sundance feature film White Girl (2016), with Morgan Saylor, and the independent film Chronically Metropolitan (2016) with Mary-Louise Parker.

Christopher David Noth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to Jeanne Parr, a CBS news reporter, and Charles James Noth, an attorney. He is of German, Irish, and English descent. Setting the bar for strong, charismatic leading men on television, Chris has a knack for tackling characters that remain as relevant today as when he first played them. He rose to prominence as Detective Mike Logan on the original Law & Order (1990), where he spent five seasons before going on to set hearts aflutter as the iconic Mr. Big on HBO's groundbreaking series Sex and the City (1998). Noth garnered his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy playing the unattainable bachelor who gradually evolves into the love of Carrie Bradshaw's life. Meanwhile, Mr. Big became a central point for the Carrie character and the series as a whole, with their tumultuous storyline launching two blockbuster movies Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010) in which he also starred. Next came a critically lauded turn as the flawed and powerful Peter Florrick opposite Julianna Margulies on the CBS hit drama The Good Wife (2009). Noth's complex performance earned him a second Golden Globe nod - this one for Best Actor in a Drama, as well as two SAG nominations for Best Ensemble. The show is coming to a close after seven seasons.

Noth has regularly appeared on stage since graduation from the Yale School of Drama and considers theater his first love. He most recently starred as Faustus in Classic Stage Company's Off-Broadway production of Dr. Faustus. Notable Broadway credits include That Championship Season with Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric and Gore Vidal's The Best Man with Elizabeth Ashley and Charles Durning, for which Chris received a Theatre World Award. Off Broadway Noth starred in the Atlantic Theater's Production of Farragut North with John Gallagher, Jr and then again in Los Angeles at the Geffen Theater with Chris Pine. He also starred in, What Didn't Happen at the Playwrights Horizons, and Arms and the Man at the Roundabout Theater. He starred in American Buffalo at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, and played Hamlet at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford. He has also performed in plays at Yale Rep, The Manhattan Theater Club, Circle Rep, Taper 2 series at Mark Taper Forum, and La Mama.

Other television credits include the TNT original film Bad Apple (2004), which he not only starred in but Executive Produced, as well as TNT's epic miniseries Caesar (2002), TNT telefilm Exiled (1998) and the BBC Series Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012). Additional film credits include: Lovelace (2013) with Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard, Elsa & Fred (2014), with Christopher Plummer and Marcia Gay Harden, 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012), My One and Only (2009), Mr. 3000 (2004), Searching for Paradise (2002), Double Whammy (2001), Cast Away (2000), A Texas Funeral (1999), Getting to Know You (1999), The Broken Giant (1997), The Confession (2011), Cold Around the Heart (1997) and Naked in New York (1993).

Noth has been the face of Biotherm Homme in Canada, he was GQ's 2015 International Man of the Year, is a supporter of the Rainforest Action Network and is co-owner of The Cutting Room, a well known music venue in New York City that opened in late 1999, with his friend Steve Walter.

Noth resides in New York and Los Angeles.

Christopher Crosby Farley was born on February 15, 1964, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company. Among his siblings are actors Kevin P. Farley and John Farley. He was of Irish heritage. Farley studied theatre and communications on Marquette University. After finishing university he was in the cast of the Second City Theatre, where he was discovered by the producer of the great comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975), Lorne Michaels. Farley worked on Saturday Night Live (1975) for five years during which he appeared in movies like Wayne's World (1992), Coneheads (1993), Billy Madison (1995) and finally Tommy Boy (1995), with his comic partner and SNL cast member David Spade. The duo later made one more movie called Black Sheep (1996). From that time on, Farley was one of the big comedy stars, and his fame was growing and growing.

After some more time, he made another "lone" movie, Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), which featured former SNL member Chris Rock. Farley was made even more famous, but with his growing fame, his problems grew bigger as well; he didn't want to be the "fat guy who falls down" any longer. Farley had several other problems, too, with alcohol and drug dependency. On December 18th, 1997, he died from a heroin (opiate) and cocaine overdose in his apartment in Chicago, where his body was found by his brother John the next day. Farley's weight of 296 pounds was a contributing factor in his death, but according to his autopsy the alcohol, marijuana and Prozac that was also found in his body, were not. Less than two months prior to his death, he had appeared alongside Chevy Chase on what would be Farley's only SNL show as host. Not unlike his idol John Belushi, he was credited for one more appearance after having left SNL and died at age 33. His death cause was also the same. In the year after Farley's departing, the movie Almost Heroes (1998), where he plays the leading role alongside Matthew Perry was released. He also makes cameo appearances in Dirty Work (1998)

Tyne Daly was born on 21 February 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Judging Amy (1999), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Cagney & Lacey (1981). She was previously married to Georg Stanford Brown.

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands is an American film, stage, and television actress, whose career in the entertainment industry has spanned over six decades. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in 10 films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.

Molly Kunz was born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for Widows (2018), The Wolf and the Lion (2021) and The Wise Kids (2011).

John Paul Reynolds is an American actor and writer. He is known for his starring role in the series Search Party (2016-2022) and his recurring role on Stranger Things (2016-present). Reynolds also starred in the miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral in 2019. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he began his career at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago.

Tom Wopat will forever be remembered as strapping, good ol' boy Luke Duke, the virile, blue-eyed, dark-haired, plaid-shirted rascal opposite equally good-looking John Schneider as Bo Duke, his strapping, plaid-shirted blond cousin on the bucolic 80s action series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). Where others may have fallen by the TV wayside after the cancellation of such a popular series, both Tom and John moved on successfully. As for Tom, he reverted back to his first true love - music - successfully refocusing as a recording artist and musical leading man of Broadway, cabaret and regional shows.

The highly engaging Wisconsin native was born Thomas Steven Wopat on September 9, 1951, in Lodi, Wisconsin, the son of Ruth Arlene (Skarda) and Albin Carl Wopat, a dairy farmer. One of six brothers and sisters, Tom's father and maternal grandfather were of Czech descent. By age 12, he was singing and dancing in school musicals and, following high school graduation, decided to avidly pursue music as a viable profession. Studying at the University of Wisconsin, Tom dropped out to front a rock band as both guitarist and lead singer, and later found on-stage work in such musicals as "South Pacific", "West Side Story" and "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Appearing off-Broadway in 1978, Tom made his Broadway debut that same year as a replacement actor in the musical "I Love My Wife." Other musical shows around that time included "The Robber Bridegroom" (title role) and "Oklahoma!" (as Curly).

With solid, down-home good looks and appeal, it didn't take long for Hollywood to check Tom out. With relatively little TV exposure, Tom found sudden teen heartthrob stardom on the rollicking, down-home comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). During that period, he appeared elsewhere on an episode of "Fantasy Island," co-starred with singer Barbara Mandrell in the dramatic TV movie" Burning Rage (1984), and voiced the role of Luke Duke on the related animated version The Dukes (1983). During the 1981-82 season, stars Wopat and Schneider walked away from the hugely popular series after contractual disputes involving deserved pay raises and merchandise royalties. The producers tried to replace the popular duo with the similar good-looking pals Vance (played by Christopher Mayer) and Coy (played by Byron Cherry) for the following season, but the ratings dived alarmingly. The dispute with Wopat and Schneider was immediately settled, and the boys returned to the show in the next season and stayed until its 1985 cancellation.

During the show's run, Tom kick-started a recording career with his first (and self-titled) country album release in 1983. His output went on to include six other country albums before finally releasing a 2000 album of standard love songs.

In later years, Wopat made do with a few mini-movie efforts, reuniting with Schneider in the yuletide drama Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987); co-starring opposite Jean Smart as a famous rock singer in the romantic musical comedy movie Just My Imagination (1992); and appearing opposite Roxanne Hart in the action adventure Meteorites! (1998). He also showed up as a guest on a few TV series such as "Blue Skies," "Murder, She Wrote," "Crisis Center," "Home Improvement," and was seen in a recurring role on the sitcom Cybill (1995) as a stuntman and former husband of the Cybill Shepherd character.

Tom also re-sharpened his musical theater skills, finding commanding baritone leads as Billy Bigelow in "Carousel" (1986), Detective Stone in "City of Angels" (1990) and Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls" (1992). In 1999, he played the sharp-shooting Frank Butler opposite Bernadette Peters in the popular Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" and earned a Tony nomination in the process.

Guesting for the Cincinnati Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras in programs featuring Broadway's finest music, Tom more than held his own in 2005 with his first straight-acting Broadway part as part of the excellent ensemble in the Tony-winning (for "Best Revival of a Play") production of "Glengarry Glen Ross" starring acting heavyweights Alan Alda and Liev Schreiber. That same year Wopat embarked on a 33-date national "Over The Rainbow" tour with Faith Prince featuring the gorgeous songs of Harold Arlen, a tour that included Carnegie Hall. Briefly playing slick lawyer Billy Flynn in "Chicago" in 2007, other Broadway musicals followed with "A Catered Affair," "Side by Side by Sondheim" and "Catch Me If You Can," as well as the 2013 legit play "The Trip to Bountiful."

As for on-camera work into the millennium, Tom returned for a few "Dukes of Hazzard" TV-reunions and video games. He also made a late, mid-career film debut in a featured role with the comedy drama Bonneville (2006) starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen, and went on to appear in a number of others: The Understudy (2008), Jonah Hex (2010), Main Street (2010), Mariachi Gringo (2012), Django Unchained (2012), All in Time (2015). In addition, Tom was given a starring role in the gay-themed drama Fair Haven (2016) and appeared in the action western County Line (2017) with Jeff Fahey and Patricia Richardson. Among the ensemble of stars in the comedy Lost Cat Corona (2017), his more recent features include New Money (2017) and Delight in the Mountain (2019). On TV, Tom graced such popular programs as "Medium," "Smallville," "Blue Bloods," "The Blacklist," "Madam Secretary" and had a recurring sheriff role in the series Longmire (2012).

Divorced from his first wife of 15 years and the father of five, Tom is married to documentary producer and archivist Kirsten Larvick.

Rob Marshall was born on 17 October 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Chicago (2002) and Into the Woods (2014).

Derek Kolstad was born on 4 April 1974 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Nobody (2021), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).

Kevin Farley (accomplished actor, writer, director) has truly established himself as a comedic presence both on the big screen and television.

Kevin was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company. Among his siblings are actors John Farley and the late Chris Farley. He is of Irish heritage. He has two other brothers and sisters--Barb, a nursery school teacher, and Tom Jr., who works for a marketing firm. His cousin is James Duncan Farley Jr., CEO of Ford Motor Company. Kevin majored in Business at Marquette University in Milwaukee. After graduation, for six years he sold asphalt for his father's company, Scotch Oil. However, Chris soon convinced him to try show business. Kevin first went on stage at the Chicago ImprovOlympic.

Farley eventually moved to Chicago and studied at the famed Second City. The minute he relocated to Los Angeles he began landing roles in films such as Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. Then Farley landed a starring role as "Doug Linus" on MTV's sitcom 2gether where he was met with rave reviews. After that Farley appeared in numerous TV series programs such as That '70s Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Joey, Just Shoot Me, Curb Your Enthusiasm and many more. When Farley moved more into feature films, his unsurprising emphasis was exclusively on comedy. He appeared in the Adam Sandler animated comedy Eight Crazy Nights, and soon after The Waterboy, Dirty Work, the Cedric the Entertainer laugh-fest Johnson Family Vacation to name a few.

In 2008, Farley starred in the lead role of An American Carol, playing a cynical, anti-American "Hollywood" filmmaker who sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America. This comedy film (directed by David Zucker) is a parody of liberal filmmaker Michael Moore that "lampoons contemporary American culture, particularly Hollywood." It uses the framework of A Christmas Carol but moves the setting of the story from Christmas to Independence Day. The supporting cast included Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, and Leslie Nielsen. Farley co-wrote, directed and starred in Hollywood Wine. The film also stars Chazz Palminteri, Chris Kattan, David Spade, Norm MacDonald and Jeremy London.

Multi tasking is easy for Farley - he does it all with a fabulously contagious sense of humor, both on screen and off. Kevin resides in New York.

J.D. Walsh was born on 24 December 1973 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Tremors (2003), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Bad Boys II (2003).

American actor Michael Cole is best remembered as a main protagonist in TV's Mod Squad (1968). His character, the tousle-haired Pete Cochran, was one of a trio of ex-juvenile delinquents recruited as undercover cops (his co-stars were Clarence Williams III and Peggy Lipton) tasked with infiltrating places where regular police could not venture. The show, brainchild of former LAPD undercover narcotics cop Buddy Ruskin, dealt with hitherto neglected social issues such as child abuse, domestic violence, stalking, racism, the illegal drug trade, abortion and police brutality. It was also rare, in that almost no violence was used in bringing assorted criminals to justice. In fact, the trio carried out their job without toting weapons. Cole was picked for the role by executive producer Aaron Spelling, since he seemed to personify the rebellious spirit of 1960's counterculture.

Cole never knew his biological father and spent his early childhood, along with his mother and older brother, at his grandmother's house. He started drinking from the age of twelve. By his mid-teens, he had dropped out of school, run away from his home in Madison, and, in his own words, "bummed around, drifting, drinking, chasing chicks..." He married his girlfriend and fathered two children before getting divorced at the age of twenty. All the while, Cole (barely) made ends meet by variously bartending, clerking and working as a pizza cook. Having moved to Los Angeles, he was essentially a derelict --- penniless and sleeping rough - when a meeting with renowned acting coach Estelle Harman (1922-1995) changed his life. Harman saw his potential. According to a 2018 interview with Cole, she "gave him free lessons and let him sleep on a bed on the stage of her workshop."

Cole made his debut on the big screen starring in a low budget sci-fi flic called The Bubble (1966). He also played a U.S. Army deserter in the western Chuka (1967), but his career made little headway until Aaron Spelling persuaded him to take on the Pete Cochran part for Mod Squad. Despite initial misgivings ("I didn't want to play some guy who ratted on some other troubled kids"), he relented after reading some of the early scripts and went on to appear in all five seasons of the show. Cole later re-united with the cast for a somewhat tepid telemovie, The Return of Mod Squad (1979), as well as guest-starring in diverse series, including Get Christie Love! (1974), Police Story (1973), Vega$ (1978) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). In 1991, he had a recurring (villainous) role in the medical soap General Hospital (1963). In Stephen King's original miniseries It (1990), he played Henry Bowers, a vicious bully who does the bidding of the shapeshifting entity, most often seen as 'Pennywise the Clown'.

A year before his retirement from acting, Cole published his autobiography entitled "I Played the White Guy", detailing his career, as well as ongoing struggles with drug and alcohol addiction, finally overcome (at the insistence of his second wife) following rehab at the Betty Ford Center in 1994.

Michael Cole died on December 10 2024 at the age of 84.

John is the youngest brother of Chris Farley. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas John Farley, who owned Scotch Oil Co. His older brother, Kevin P. Farley, also acts. Tom, the eldest of the boys, works in Madison as the head of the Chris Farley Foundation. His sister, Barb, is a pre-school teacher in Madison. John attended Portsmouth Abbey School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Regis University in Denver, Colorado, where he majored in Marketing. He studied and worked at the Second City in Chicago after college, and moved to LA in 1998.

Talia plays the lead role of Jade McKellan in the 4 time NAACP award winning Netflix show Family Reunion (2018-2022). Talia is a recording artist and writes and produces all of her own music alongside her brother Armani Jackson who plays the lead role in the new Jeff Davis show Wolf Pack on Paramount Plus.

John Tench was born in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. and grew up in Canada, where he began working in Film and Theatre. He started his career on stage in Toronto with Ken Gass at the legendary Factory Theatre Lab and quickly moved on to study/work in New York City, London, Eng., Paris, and then throughout Continental Europe, before returning to Toronto, founding the influential Theatre Company Theatre Kathartic, performing and then touring shows internationally, including works by Sam Shepard, Dario Fo and Bertoldt Brecht. John then moved on to Vancouver, B.C. and from there down to Hollywood and Los Angeles to continue his work in Film and Television. In his many Feature Film and Television appearances he's worked with such great directors as Ang Lee, Antoine Fuqua, Zac Snyder, Arthur Hiller, Roger Christian, Chris Haddock, among many others, and he's been on numerous award winning hit shows including American Gods, Schitts Creek, Murdoch Mysteries and many more. John divers talents also include Motion Capture and Voice on Ubisoft's award winning Video Games - WatchDogs, WatchDogs Bad Blood and WatchDogs2 as the legendary character and fan favorite, T Bone Grady. Most recently he has worked on FarCry 5 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. John has also worked with numerous Theatre Companies in North America and Europe as an Actor, Director, Writer and Producer. As well as performing he has worked behind the Camera having produced, written and directed several short films. He has been nominated for numerous awards in the Best Actor Category. He is a master of accents and dialects and has voiced a great many cartoons and foreign language films. John has written a number of Screenplays and is a published poet. He also teaches and coaches Actors and Acting throughout Canada and the U.S. currently a Professor of Film and Acting in the Diploma Program at the renowned Toronto Film School and Yorkville University. He recently returned from an Intensive - Professor in Residence - at the Beijing Film Academy and the Shanghai Theatre Academy in China. Among his other many interests are Painting, Music, his family and farm. He is a talented musician and sings as well as playing Guitar, Banjo, Piano, Harmonica, Tuba and other instruments. John is an avid outdoors-man, fisherman and canoeist. He divides his time and work between Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Canada, Los Angeles and Europe.

Nick Eversman was born on 15 February 1986 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for The DUFF (2015), Pretty Boy (2015) and Vampires Suck (2010).

Sandra Nelson was born on 29 December 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), De-Lovely (2004) and Life as a House (2001). She has been married to Charles Winkler since 6 September 1998. They have two children.

Born in Madison, WI raised in a-town-with-no-stoplights, Missouri, schooled in Ann Arbor, MI. Taylor has midwestern charm with a dash of cosmopolitan wit. She has worked with Lin Manuel-Miranda, Ken Jeong, Tina Fey, Christopher Walken, Kenan Thompson, Christine Baranski, Don Johnson, and Brendon Urie. She received a Tony Nomination for her portrayal of 'Regina George' in MEAN GIRLS on Broadway and started a non-profit for emerging songwriters: Writeoutloudcontest.com

Heidi Armbruster is an American actress known for her charming and flexible onscreen presence. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Heidi is based in New York City where she is at hard at work as both an actor and a playwright. Heidi is a curious human who enjoys building mysteries and imaginative adventures of all kinds, both in her onscreen portrayals and in her writing.

Rachel Rosenbloom was born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Rachel is an actor and writer, known for Good Trouble (2019), Silicon Valley (2014) and Platonic (2023).

Mary Sweeney is a feature film director, producer, writer, and editor. She has a long history of creative collaboration with David Lynch, beginning with Blue Velvet in 1986. She edited Twin Peaks Television (1990), Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me (1992), Hotel Room, HBO, (1993), Lost Highway (1996), The Straight Story (2000) and Mulholland Drive (2001.) She was awarded a British Academy Award for Best Editing in 2001 Mulholland Drive. Sweeney wrote the screenplay for The Straight Story for which Richard Farnsworth received an Academy Award nomination. Her producing credits date to 1995 with Nadja, and include Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire (2006), directed by Lynch, and Baraboo (2009) her directorial debut based on her original screenplay.

Sweeney is the Dino and Martha De Laurentiis Endowed Professor of film at USC, where she teaches Graduate Screenwriting Thesis and "Dreams, The Brain and Storytelling."

She is the Chair of the Board Board of Trustees of Film Independent, sponsor of the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Imran Khan, born Imran Pal, has worked as an actor in the Hindi film industry. He is also a social activist and filmmaker. Khan's father is a software engineer who studied at IIT Bombay, and his mother is a psychologist. His mother is the daughter of famous director-producer Nasir Hussain, sister of Mansoor Khan, and cousin of actor Aamir Khan.

Khan studied at Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai and Blue Mountain School in Coonoor. He later followed his Principal to join Gurukul, a school in the jungles of Ooty. He then attended Fremont High School after he moved in with his father in Sunnyvale, California.

He aspired to become a film director and joined the New York Film Academy at the Los Angeles branch to earn a degree in filmmaking. He was inspired by the writer Roald Dahl Roald Dahl and even ventured into advertising and market research after he completed his degree.

Khan then returned to Mumbai and joined the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute. His acting career started in 1988 as a child artist, playing the younger version of Aamir Khan's character in the movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). He again appeared as a young Aamir Khan in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992).

While training at the Mumbai Academy, he met writer-director Abbas Tyrewala and bagged his first movie. He made his debut with the romantic film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) alongside Genelia Deshmukh. The movie was produced by Aamir Khan, and he played the lead role of young college-going Jai 'Rats' Singh Rathore.

The film did well commercially, earning Rs.830 million (USD 10 million), and Khan got recognition from the masses and critics. He even won the 54th Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.

He then appeared in Sanjay Gadhvi's thriller Kidnap (2008), produced by Dhilin Mehta. He starred alongside Minissha Lamba and Sanjay Dutt. While the movie was not a commercial success, Khan was appreciated for his strict performance.

He was then featured in Luck (2009), also starring Sanjay Dutt, Shruti Haasan, Mithun Chakraborty, and Danny Denzongpa. The movie was directed by Sohum Shah and was again produced by Dhilin Mehta. In the movie, which was inspired by Intacto (2001), he played the role of a young boy Ram Mehra, who desperately needed money, and would do anything for it.

In 2010, he was offered I Hate Luv Storys (2010) by Karan Johar. He plays the role of Jay Dhingra, a Casanova who doesn't believe in love. The movie was a commercial success, earning Rs. 725.2 million (USD 9.1 million) at the box office, and Khan's performance was applauded.

In 2010, he starred in another romantic comedy, Break Ke Baad (2010), with Deepika Padukone, which was directed by Danish Aslam.

The following year, he played Tashi in the English black comedy movie Delhi Belly (2011). He co-starred with Kunaal Roy Kapur, Poorna Jagannathan, and Vir Das. The movie earned a domestic revenue of more than Rs. 550 million (USD 6.9 million), and Khan received critical acclaim for his performance.

In the same year, Khan appeared in Ali Abbas Zafar's movie, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011), with Ali Zafar, and Katrina Kaif. This movie also turned out to be a success and earned more than Rs. 578 million (USD 7.2 million).

In 2012, he played architect Rahul Kapoor in Shakun Batra's debut film Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (2012) alongside Kareena Kapoor. The romantic comedy did well at the box office, earning approximately Rs. 530 million (USD 6.6 million).

Khan did three movies in 2013. The first one was Vishal Bhardwaj's Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013), with Pankaj Kapur and Anushka Sharma.

His next film was Milan Luthria's sequel, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara (2013), with Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. His third movie that year was Gori Tere Pyaar Mein! (2013) with Kareena Kapoor.

After a gap year, he starred opposite Kangana Ranaut in Nikkhil Advani's Katti Batti (2015). This movie marked his last release.

In 2018 he directed a short film, Mission Mars: Keep Walking India (2018).

Besides movies, Khan was a part of Eve Ensler's play, The Vagina Monologues, in 2009. The event was to raise funds for an acid-attack victim, Haseena Hussein.

He has also been featured in several advertisements like Coca-Cola, Bru, Levis, Maaza, and Lux.

He walked the ramp for the Mijwan Welfare Society, an NGO run by Shabana Azmi to empower women

After a ten-year relationship, he married Avantika Malik in January 2011.