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David Rodman Annable was born on September 15, 1979, in Suffern, New York, to Tammi and Rodman John Annable. He has one sister named Rebecca and a half-sister named Stacy. His mother is Jewish and his father has English, German, Irish and French ancestry. Dave grew up in Walden, a small town in upstate New York.

Growing up, he enjoyed playing baseball, rugby and hockey. Dave even played for the local Plattsburgh team. He is also a big fan of the New York Giants, New York Mets and the New Jersey Devils. While he was still in New York, he attended SUNY Plattsburgh. Dave participated in the student-run Plattsburgh State Television, both acting and behind the camera. Among the shows that he hosted were "Late Night with Dave Annable", "Cardinal Sports", "Stay Tuned", "Cardinal Hockey", "On Campus Live" and "The Roommate Game".

Dave had a semester of college left and often commuted for commercial auditions, which took 8 hours from Plattsburgh by bus. Dave then decided to tell his parents that he considered dropping out of college to become a full-time actor. Although his parents did not approve of his decision at that time because college was very important in their family, they still gave Dave the support he needed.

He eventually attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford Meisner. There, he studied acting with Richárd Pintér. The 5'9" star appeared in a number of commercials which included "Reebok", 'Wendy's", "Starbust" and "Pepsi". He was also a featured actor in a "Mountain Dew" commercial with former NASCAR Rookie of the year, Kasey Kahne.

Dave first gained attention from the public when he played the role of "Aaron Lewis" on the short-lived television series, Reunion (2005), which aired on Fox in 2005. "Reunion" was a teen drama/murder mystery series which explored occurrences in the lives of twenty former high school friends from 1986 through 2005, and recounted events leading up to the murder of one of the major characters. Before starring in "Reunion", Dave already had guest roles on Third Watch (1999), Other People's Business (2003) and Spellbound (2002) as well as Little Black Book (2004).

He received his breakout role in 2006, when he was offered a regular starring role on the ABC family drama, Brothers & Sisters (2006). The show was about the trials and travails of the Walker family, with every family secret unveiled. He was among the first actors cast on the show before they began signing bigger names such as Calista Flockhart, Sally Field and Rob Lowe.

Dave played the role of "Justin Walker", a psychologically damaged Afghan war veteran suffering with drug problems. In fact, Dave mentioned in an interview that he had to lose 11 kg. to play the role because they needed someone skinny to portray his character's addiction problem. Dave also won a Prism Award for Best Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline for his role in Brothers & Sisters (2006).

In a recent interview, Dave mentioned that he has actually promised his mother that he would graduate after watching his younger sister graduate from Cornell University. Dave is taking online classes in Communications and will be graduating in May 2009. He also mentioned that he will be giving the commencement speech on his graduation day.

Despite all of his accomplishments in the showbiz industry, Dave is in fact still very humble. He enjoys spending time with his family and making people laugh.

Making people laugh was only one facet of Valerie Harper's career, which extended from the stage to television and feature films. A native of Suffern, New York -- "I was born to suffer" -- Harper began her career as a dancer with the corps de ballet at Radio City Hall during its spectacular heyday. She gradually moved into acting, working in everything from industrial shows to regional theatre to the Second City comedy troupe of Chicago. Eventually, she made it to Broadway in productions of Dear Liar, the Tony Award winning Story Theatre, Something Different and Metamorphosis. Stardom came with television, including four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for her work in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Rhoda (1974), in which the latter she played the title role. Harper won Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, and her Rhoda's Wedding episode set that 1974's ratings record. Since retiring Rhoda Morganstern to re-runs, Harper was active on stage and in movies. Her feature films included Freebie and the Bean (1974), Chapter Two (1979), The Last Married Couple in America (1980) and Blame It on Rio (1984). In television, she starred on all three networks in movies of the week, including Farrell for the People (1982) (NBC), Don't Go to Sleep (1982) (ABC) and An Invasion of Privacy (1983) (CBS). A strong supporter of women's rights, Harper worked since the mid-80s on a film with second husband Tony Cacciotti which will probably never reach fruition after all this time, based on a true story involving domestic violence.

Rib Hillis is an accomplished actor, host, producer, and model, with a long and diverse career that only appears to be getting better. Rib began his career in front of the camera working as a much sought after model in Europe for such designers and publications as Versace, Armani, Hugo Boss, Ferré, Uomo Vogue, GQ, Esquire and Men's Health, not to mention countless national and international commercials and campaigns.

Deciding he had had enough of cappuccinos and croissants, Rib moved to Hollywood and soon got his start acting on the ABC soap opera Port Charles. Rib then moved on to primetime appearing in dozens of television shows, such as Ugly Betty, Two and a Half Men, CSI, Melissa and Joey, Bull, Eve, Angel and Modern Family to name a few.

Rib's talents are not limited to just the scripted genre, having found a real aptitude for hosting and non-scripted reality genre. He was an on camera talent as a designer on the Emmy winning hit ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition followed up by A&E's $100 Makeover. He has hosted several shows for various networks, interviewed talent at film premieres & red carpet events & had exclusive backstage access with top talent on shows like Dick Clarks Rockin' New Years Eve for ABC.com.

Rib has also found success on the big screen, playing roles in the award winning films Grooms Cake, and its sequel Birthday Cake, Taos, the spanish language film Propiedad Ajena, Life's a Beach, & Syfy's Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Piranhaconda & Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda. His latest films released on Netflix & Amazon include Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs, Doggone Christmas , Timber The Treasure Dog & Shockwave which he also co-produced.

Hillis has proven his talents behind the camera, co-producing & assistant directing the horror comedy feature, Sorority Party Massacre, producing & starring in 616: Paranormal Incident and the psychological thriller Haunting of the Innocent. Recently Rib has been seen on the ION network in A Christmas Cruise & as the lead of Lifetime Movie Network's "The Wrong Man".

In another natural progression in his career, Rib has started his own production company Speed Merchant Productions producing film, live events, & talent.

Jean Muir was an attractive blonde-haired U.S. stage, screen and television actress from the 1930s through the mid-1960s.

Upon retiring from acting Jean went on to teach drama, first, for eight years beginning in 1968, at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she headed their new drama department, and afterwards at a university in Mexico.

He is best known for his Irish look with his natural red hair and slightly freckled skin. In 1996, he graduated from Pearl River High School in Pearl River, New York. In 1998, he took over the role of Ray in the Broadway production of The Beauty of Queen Leenane. He went on to play Second Bell Boy in the production of Once in a Lifetime. In 2005, he appeared in several Verizon Wireless commercials as Schmitty where his business-field character was tormented via cell phone by his friends and roommates.

Michael is from Suffern, New York. Michael graduated from Hamilton College with a degree in biology. He was in graduate school for medicine when he was discovered by a British film director in New York City who encouraged Michael to seriously pursue an acting career. Michael has since then been acting and modeling full time. When not in front of camera, Michael enjoys sailing, playing soccer, and spending time with his family.

David Feinsilber was born on 1 December 1985 in Suffern, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), I Am Number Four (2011) and Dragonball Evolution (2009).

Brendan Gabriel Murphy is a multi-award winning filmmaker (p.g.a) and co-founding member of Altered State Entertainment. He's been profiled in Variety, Deadline, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Hollywood Interview, H-Magazine & The Top 100 Indie Filmmakers In The World for his achievements as a Director. His ground-breaking short film, "SWERVE," starring actor Shiloh Fernandez (THE ODYSSEY, EVIL DEAD, RED RIDING HOOD) and Juno Temple (TED LASSO, FARGO), won 5 prestigious festival awards and signed 3 distribution deals. Brendan's feature film directorial debut, "#LUCKY NUMBER" starring Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man (POWER BOOK II, SHAFT) and Tom Pelphrey (OZARK, MANK) signed a worldwide distribution deal with Vision Films. He also directed "HISTORY'S GREATEST HEISTS" starring Pierce Brosnan which airs on the History Channel and "UFO WITNESS" for Discovery+. He has directed ad campaigns for KANE Watches in Europe and Asia, filming in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Kyoto, Japan. He also co-directed branded content for NIKE Training, Amazon Prime Video & Leyline Games. He has directed NBC, FOX and CBS Network Campaigns, working with Series Regular TV stars and high level Network Executives. "FLUXX" a psychological thriller that he co-wrote, produced and directed, and stars Tyrese Gibson (FAST & FURIOUS, 1992) and Shelley Hennig (OBLITERATED, TEEN WOLF) comes out in theaters May 30th, 2025. The film has won 12 festival awards to date and just signed it's North American distribution deal with The Forge. Most recently Brendan co-directed "THE TAILOR OF SIN CITY" which is currently streaming on AMC+. He also wrote and directed the western thriller "BLOOD BEHIND US", starring Michael Madsen (RESERVOIR DOGS, KILL BILL) and Jaime King (SIN CITY, OCEAN'S EIGHT). The film is currently finishing post-production and will be released globally in 2026. Furthermore, Brendan has a scripted TV Show, "THE GOOD HURT" in development with Live Nation Productions. He begins production on his next feature film, "Nocturnal", a psychological horror, in Europe summer 2025. Brendan is repped by Kyle Otto at Zero Gravity Management.

Jase Blankfort was born on 16 April 1987 in Suffern, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Station Agent (2003), The Emperor's Club (2002) and Revolution #9 (2001).

Jared Scott Weisfelner is originally from New York and began his entertainment career in 2002. He has worked in Production Management on many popular television shows including "Mythic Quest", "The Kominsky Method", "Better Things", "Scrubs", "Cougar Town", "Episodes" and "Big Time Rush". He also worked as an Executive In Charge at the Paramount Network / ViacomCBS, overseeing such shows as "Yellowstone" and "68 Whiskey". Jared Weisfelner is a proud member of the Producers Guild of America and IATSE. He resides in Los Angeles, California with his family.

George Larsson Jr. was born on 26 December 1960 in Suffern, New York, USA. He died on 16 July 1980 in Suffern, New York, USA.

Darren was born in Suffern, New York but raised on the beach in Santa Monica, California - making him the most laid-back, yet uptight person in existence. While in junior high school, he participated in drama classes taught by Marilyn Fox who later became the artistic director of the Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble (PRTE) in Venice, California. Shortly after high school, Darren joined the company at PRTE and was inspired by the actors of the company, who at the time were mostly alumni of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). Through their coaching and guidance, Darren gained admittance into the M.F.A Program at A.C.T., and upon graduation returned to Los Angeles to pursue a professional acting career. He has since worked on such shows as Married With...Children, Tour of Duty, Weeds as well as several feature films.

Jim Charmatz was born on 19 February 1966 in Suffern, New York, USA. He is known for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Pacific Rim (2013) and Enthiran (2010).

Carol Kuykendall was born on 18 July 1945 in Suffern, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Chicago Story (1982) and Intimate Portrait (1990). She has been married to Lynn Kuykendall since 10 June 1967. They have two children.

Marc's earliest memory of acting was in third grade by playing a School Bully in an after school program. He thought he saw he the end of his career early after playing "Eeyore" in a summer camp production of "Winnie The Pooh" and forgetting a verse of his song. But after falling off that horse, he slowly climbed back on. He had a tendency to hang around the community theatre scene where his Mother and Stepfather had active roles in several successful shows, including The Sunshine Boys, where Marc attended so many rehearsals that he began to easily memorize the lines of the main actors and to this day remembers many of them. It was his ease of memorizing lines that coerced his mother to encourage him to act himself. This was a nagging angel to Marc until 10th grade when he saw a touring show of "Up With People" at his 2nd High School and was mesmerized. By 11th Grade he had made the decision to abandon school sports to pursue theatre. He started off with a bang in an unorthodox manner, playing "Riff" in West Side Story as a Junior in the School's Senior show. After that, he was in almost every show at school until being accepted into West Chester University's Theatre Dept. as an Acting major, where he honed his craft and learned so much abut acting that he cold be quoted as saying "I don't know how I acted at all before college, before knowing what I learned, but somehow I did." After (to quote) "one of the worst experiences of his life, theatrically or otherwise" in a community theatre production of Dracula, he decided to give stage one more try by playing Chris in the lighthearted comedy "Beau Jest" at a different local theatre where he, thankfully, had the opposite experience as the aforementioned. He decided to end on a high note and took an indefinite hiatus from theatre to pursue the world of film. He has since acted as everything from background to leading roles in many short films, feature films, and television. He is also a professional writer of screenplays and wishes to continue being a quadruple threat as actor, writer, director and producer.

Marc Femenella was born in Suffern, New York, USA. Marc is a producer and editor, known for First Time Fixer (2021), Queer Eye (2018) and Roman to the Rescue (2021).

Peter McAlevey is a longtime film executive, producer and marketer.

Mr. McAlevey's latest film, "Kill Her, Not Me," is a horror/thriller with a twist.

Currently making the film festival rounds prior to its US theatrical release next fall, "Kill Her" stars thriller legend Tony Todd, international star JoAnna Pacula ("Gorky Park," "Tombstone") and third-generation horror ingénue Elizabeth Guest in her motion picture debut. (Guest's aunt is the original "scream queen" Jamie Lee Curtis of "Halloween" whose mother was Janet Leigh of "Psycho"!) So far the reaction has been overwhelming, with "Kill Her" winning the Audience Award as the "favorite film" of the first two festivals it's entered!

McAlevey is currently in preproduction on another picture, a big-screen remake of Disney's classic "The Three Lives of Thomasina" (now "Thomasina") which he is producing in conjunction with Peter Hoffman's 7 Arts Entertainment. Shooting on "Thomasina" is scheduled to begin in fall 2014 in Louisiana. At the same time, he and partner George Francisco (also the writer/director of "Kill Her") and Keri Selig are preparing a pilot, "Sideshow," for Asylum Entertainment and Animal Planet that follows the lives, loves and travails of a traveling carnival sideshow.

Following his graduation from Columbia University, McAlevey began his career as Newsweek Magazine's entertainment correspondent, where he was recruited by legendary studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg to join the new regime at Disney. Together, they went on to turn a failing studio into an international multimedia behemoth encompassing everything from cruise lines to theme parks, movies to cable networks (including the most profitable in history, ESPN), ABC, DVDs and hotels.

While at Disney, two-time Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas asked McAlevey to help start his production company, Stonebridge, at Columbia Pictures. There Mr. McAlevey was charged with acquiring, developing and producing a series of pictures including multimillion-dollar hits like "Flatliners" (starring Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon and Keifer Sutherland) and Jean-Claude Van Damme's first studio hit, "Double Impact." He also helped shepherd the careers of people like former footballer Brian Bosworth ("Stone Cold," "Back In Business") and future TV star William Petersen ("CSI").. With then-girlfriend Cyndy Chvatal, McAlevey produced the Toronto Film Festival-winning "Hard Promises," based on a story by Mr. McAlevey and starring Petersen and Academy Award-winner Sissy Spacek. At Stonebridge McAlevey also produced such acclaimed pictures as "Radio Flyer," starring Elijah Wood ("The Lord of the Rings"), Joseph Mazzelo ("Jurassic Park") and Lorraine Bracco and the children's classic "Heidi," starring Charlie Sheen.

Following Stonebridge, McAlevey founded Thunderbird Pictures, devoted to supporting important, new independent filmmakers, such as Jasmine Guy and Giancarlo Esposito, who's film "Klash" debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and famed New York "indie" director Sam Kass, who matched Academy Award-winner Rod Steiger and multi-Emmy winner Michael Chiklis with "Flashdance"'s Jennifer Beals and former lightweight boxing champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini in an award-winning remake of the John Garfield boxing classic "Body and Soul."

Later he produced a new American film by Israeli director Isaac Eaton, "Shadow Hours" (starring Balthazar Getty, Rebecca Gayheart and Peter Weller) which became the largest-selling Sundance hit of its era. "Shadow Hours" broke new ground by being the first picture to be "presold" (for a reported $2 million) to a major home-video company, Blockbuster Entertainment, prior to its theatrical release! (Foreign sales were handled by 7 Arts and likewise smashed expectations.)

Similarly, in 2008 he took a small, BBC co-production, "Screamers." designed for English television and elevated it to an American Film Festival-award winner, a U.S. theatrical hit (#1 per-screen average its first weekend!) and Cannes Film Festival debut. Sir Elton John hosted the U.K. premiere of this under-$1 million production.

In short, Mr. McAlevey is among the handful of top independent film-and-television producers and distributors working in the U.S, today. He welcomes the opportunity to help new filmmakers find an outlet for their creative efforts and achieve the best possible reward for their investment that the current economic climate can provide.

David Giella was born on 7 September 1962 in Suffern, New York, USA. He is a casting director and producer, known for Village of the Damned (1995), Desperado (1995) and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993).

Joseph Brooke was born on 3 July 1979 in Suffern, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Numb3rs (2005), The Overlookers (2004) and Bittersweet (2008).

Jim Fuhse was born on 22 May 1952 in Suffern, New York, USA.

Len Marcus was born on 30 September 1941 in Suffern, New York, USA. Len was a costume designer, known for Three's Company (1976), The Ropers (1979) and Dads (1986). Len died on 12 December 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Matt Dike was born on 2 December 1961 in Suffern, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for 11:14 (2003), Baby Driver (2017) and Taxi (2004). He died on 16 January 2018 in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Christopher Moore was born on 20 January 1952 in Suffern, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery (1994), Pine Cove: A Series of Absurd Events That Threaten the World as Told by the Village Idiots on a Weekly Basis and Santa and Pete (1999). He was married to Kim Yancey. He died on 13 March 2022 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

Bruce Packer was born on 30 July 1965 in Suffern, New York, USA.

Ron Simon was born on 10 February 1976 in Suffern, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Tattoo Hunter (2009), Diabolical (2018) and Murder Comes to Town (2014).