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Animal Control

2023

A group of local animal control workers' lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. Leading the crew is Frank, an opinionated, eccentric animal control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room. In his past life as a cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, leaving him cynical and curmudgeonly. Despite his rough exterior, he is blessed with an almost superhuman ability to understand animals.

Michael Rowland

Cast · Known for Animal Control

Michael Rowland is an American comedian and actor known for Animal Control (2023).

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.

Ravi Patel

Cast · Known for Animal Control

Ravi Patel is an American actor, writer, and filmmaker known for his work in television and film. He has appeared in numerous TV shows, including Scrubs (2001), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), and Master of None (2015). He gained widespread recognition for co-directing and starring in the 2014 documentary Meet the Patels, which humorously explores his experiences with love and arranged marriage. In 2023, Patel joined the main cast of the Fox comedy series Animal Control, playing Amit Patel, an overwhelmed yet endearing family man and Animal Control officer. Beyond acting, he is also a philanthropist and co-founder of This Bar Saves Lives, a company focused on fighting child malnutrition.

Grace Palmer

Cast · Known for Animal Control

Grace Palmer is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Lucy Rickman on the prime-time soap opera Shortland Street, as Gwen on Good Grief (2021) alongside her real-life sister, Eve Palmer, and as animal control officer Victoria Sands on Animal Control (2023).

Gerry Dee

Cast · Known for Animal Control

Gerry Dee is a Canadian actor, comedian, and former teacher known for his sharp observational humor and his long-running CBC series Mr. D, which aired from 2012 to 2018 and drew from his years in the classroom. He has appeared as Templeton Dudge on FOX’s Animal Control (2023) and has released several stand-up specials, including No Reading Ahead, Life After Teaching, Let’s Be Honest, and his 2025 special Funny You Should Say That. He also hosts Family Feud Canada and remains one of the country’s most recognizable comedic voices.

Antony Partos

Composer · Known for Animal Kingdom

Antony Partos (born August 1, 1968) is an Australian composer. His feature film credits include Poker Face (starring Russell Crowe), Gold (starring Zac Efron), Rams (starring Sam Neill), I Am Mother (starring Hillary Swank), Jasper Jones (starring Toni Collette), 99 Homes (starring Andrew Garfield), Animal Kingdom (starring Ben Mendelsohn and Jacki Weaver), The Rover (starring Guy Pearce), and Christy (starring Sydney Sweeney) His television scores include The Artful Dodger, Mystery Road, Last King of the Cross, Total Control, The End, Operation Buffalo, Rake, The Slap, and Wake In Fright. Other projects include Tanna, Sherpa, The Director and the Jedi, and Fahrenheit 451. Partos is a co-founder and director of Sonar Music based in Sydney, Australia.

Dewey Robertson

Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson was a professional wrestler, known best by his ring name The Missing Link. As The Missing Link, Robertson wore blue and green face paint and shaved portions of his head while letting the hair grow in other areas. His gimmick was similar to that of George "The Animal" Steele and Kamala, a crazy out-of-control wild man who needed a trainer or manager to lead him to the ring. During his matches, Robertson would often ram his own head repeatedly into the turnbuckle or wooden chair, headbutt and dive head first onto an opponent. He achieved his greatest fame late in his career, wrestling in WCCW, managed by Skandor Akbar and in the WWF, managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Jimmy Hart in the mid-1980s.

Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady, MBE DL (14 June 1955 - 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc jockey. He achieved fame using his comedic drag queen character, "Lily Savage", and later became well known for presenting TV programmes as himself, such as The Paul O'Grady Show. Born to a working-class Irish family in Birkenhead, he attended Blessed Edward Campion Secondary Modern School, in Claughton Village, Birkenhead, Cheshire (now Merseyside). O'Grady moved to London in the late-1970s, there working as a peripatetic care officer for Camden Council. It was here in 1978 that he developed his drag act, basing the character of Lily Savage upon traits found amongst female relatives. Touring northern England as part of drag mime duo, the Playgirls, he eventually went solo as a stand-up comedian. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay pub, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), he gained a popular following among the city's gay community and used his character to speak out for LGBT rights. After being nominated for a 1992 Perrier Award, he attracted mainstream attention and made various television, radio, and theatrical appearances. As Savage, he presented morning chat show The Big Breakfast (1995–96), game show Blankety Blank (1997–2002) and comedy series Lily Live! (2000–01), earning various awards and becoming a well known public figure. Seeking to diversify his career away from Savage, O'Grady starred in BBC sitcom Eyes Down (2003–04) and presented two travel documentaries for ITV. In 2004, he began presenting ITV's daytime chat show The Paul O'Grady Show, which proved a hit with audiences. After the network refused to transfer creative control of the series to O'Grady's production company, Olga TV, in 2006 he defected to rival Channel 4, where the show was rebranded as The New Paul O'Grady Show and ran until 2009. O'Grady subsequently presented a late night ITV show, Paul O'Grady Live (2010–11) as well as Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (which ran from 2012 until his death in 2023) and Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans (2014–2016), while presenting BBC Radio 2's Paul O'Grady on the Wireless and publishing a four-volume autobiography. O'Grady received a variety of awards, among them honorary degrees and an MBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to entertainment. He died on 28th March 2023 aged 67.

Brigitte Bardot

Cast · Known for The Novices

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025) was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 cult film, Contempt. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film, Viva Maria!. She caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France. Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 47 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. She was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1985 but refused to receive it. After her retirement, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist, but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France showed a constant disdain for human rights instead.

Andy Comeau

Andy Comeau is an American actor, born on October 19, 1970, in New Boston, New Hampshire. He studied first at Guertin High School, where he discovered his passion for the performing arts, was why he decided to start a career in the University of New Hampshire. Throughout his career, participated in several telefilms, such as: "out of control" and "Virtual obsession". Also worked in the field of cinematographic art, in films such as: "Rave Review", "My Tiny Universe", "Life Happens", "The Babysitters" and "Animals" (which has the participation of Naveen Andrews). Another area in which ventured, was that of the theatre, being part of several works, among them: "Biloxi Blues", "The tempest", "El Jardin de los Cerezos" and "The dream of a summer night". But without a doubt, his works that gave more prestige around the world were linked to the land of the series, part of dozens of casts, as in: "Will and Grace", "The Parkers", "Providence" (in which he's Andy along 5 episodes), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "CSI: New York", "Criminal minds", "Huff" (in the role of Teddy Huffstodt between 2004 and 2006)"Open case", "Nip/Tuck" and "House" (featuring Dr. Travis Brennan in 2007). Currently, it focuses on the role of Nathan, in the series entitled "walk-in". In her spare time, Andy enjoys playing his tenor saxophone.

Pamela Anderson

Cast · Known for V.I.P., Baywatch, Rosebush Pruning

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She came to public prominence after being selected as the Playboy's Playmate of the Month February 1990. She went on to make regular appearances on the magazine's cover, and holds the record for appearing on the most Playboy covers of any individual. Anderson became known to a wider audience with her role on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, before gaining international recognition for her starring role on Baywatch, which further cemented her status as a sex symbol. In 1995, home videos of Anderson with her then-husband, Tommy Lee, were stolen, spliced together, and sold as a sex tape, which resulted in a legal fight and made her the subject of controversy. Anderson starred as Vallery Irons on VIP and Skyler Dayton on Stacked. Her film credits include Barb Wire, Scary Movie 3, Borat, Baywatch, and City Hunter. She starred in the reality series Pam: Girl on the Loose and appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. She saw a career resurgence in the 2020s after her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago, the release of the documentary Pamela, a Love Story and her autobiography Love, Pamela. For starring in The Last Showgirl, she received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2025, she starred in The Naked Gun. Anderson has supported various charitable causes, particularly animal rights and endorses plant-based cooking. She released the plant-based cookbook I Love You: Recipes from the Heart and has hosted the plant-based cooking show Pamela's Cooking with Love. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pamela Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in Hollywood. She became a film star with her performance in Algiers (1938). Her MGM films include Lady of the Tropics (1939), Boom Town (1940), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), and White Cargo (1942). Her greatest success was as Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's Bible-inspired Samson and Delilah (1949). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal (1958). She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. At the beginning of World War II, she and avant-garde composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. This system later became the basis for what is now known as Bluetooth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hedy Lamarr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

James Cromwell

Cast · Known for L.A. Confidential, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Big Hero 6

James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in “Star Trek: First Contact,” as well as his roles in “Babe,” “L.A. Confidential,” and “Spider-Man 3.” He has been nominated for an Oscar, three Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards during his career. Cromwell was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised in Manhattan, New York. He was adopted by actress Kay Johnson and actor, director and producer John Cromwell, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He was educated at The Hill School, Middlebury College and Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he studied engineering. Like both his parents, he was drawn to the theater, doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He has long been an advocate of leftist causes. In an October 2008 interview, he strongly attacked the Republican Party and the George W. Bush administration, saying their controversial foreign policy would "either destroy us or the entire planet." He became a vegetarian in 1974 after seeing a stockyard in Texas and experiencing the "smell, terror and anxiety." He became an ethical vegan while playing the character of Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe in 1995. He frequently speaks out on issues regarding animal cruelty for PETA, largely the treatment of pigs. Cromwell was married to Anne Ulvestad from 1976 to 1986. They had three children. He married his second wife, Julie Cobb, on May 29, 1986.

Karl Glusman

Cast · Known for The Running Man

Karl Glusman (born January 3, 1988) is an American actor. He had a lead role in Gaspar Noé’s controversial pornographical drama Love (2015) and appeared in The Neon Demon (2016) and Nocturnal Animals (2016). In 2020, he appeared alongside Tom Hanks in Aaron Schneider's Greyhound. His upcoming projects include Civil War, The Bikeriders, and Reptile.

Juan Chavarría Galicia

Juan Chavarría Galicia, better known in the world of professional wrestling as Gran Marcus, was born on December 27, 1938, in Torreón, Coahuila, in the Laguna region, renowned for its significant contribution to Mexican wrestling. From a young age, he was trained by the legendary Halcón Suriano, debuting at the now-defunct Arena Charro Aguayo in Torreón against Manny Moñetones. Throughout his career, Markus became a prominent figure both in Mexico and the United States, achieving great success in the 1970s and 1980s. In Mexico, he secured major victories, including wins over Enrique Vera and Raúl Reyes at Arena México, as well as the historic mask match against José Lothario at the Plaza de Toros Monumental in Monterrey. His rivalry with Lothario was one of the most notable, continuing in the United States, where Markus also achieved numerous accolades, teaming up with figures like Gino Hernández, with whom he formed a legendary rudo tag team remembered by fans. In World Class Championship Wrestling (Texas), Markus faced high-profile opponents such as Danny Ortiz (El Halcón) and Kevin Von Erich, cementing his status as a top international star. Throughout his career, Markus won several championships, including the Texas Heavyweight Championship and the NWA American Tag Team Championship, known for his skill in the ring and his ability to create controversy both inside and outside the squared circle. His involvement in Mexican wrestling was also significant, being part of the legendary La Ola Blanca team alongside Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner, marking an era in the industry. In the final years of his career, Markus had one of his most intense rivalries with Aníbal, culminating in a mask vs. mask match where Markus was defeated. After years in the ring, his retirement came in 1990 due to a serious pancreatic illness. Despite his condition, Markus' strength helped him survive, though he had to step away from active competition. Post-retirement, he focused on renting out a wrestling ring and managing taxi-related businesses, all while cherishing his memories of wrestling and the great rivals he faced, such as Mil Máscaras and El Halcón. Contrary to rumors of his death in 2007, Markus remained alive until November of that year, when he passed away. His legacy endures in the minds of fans, who continue to remember and admire his contributions to wrestling both in Mexico and abroad.

Animal Kingdom

2016

17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

Animal Kingdom

2010

Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.

Madagascar

2005

Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.

Teri Austin

Cast · Known for Knots Landing

Teresa "Teri" Austin is a Canadian animal activist and former actress. She had her greatest acting success in the 1980s and 1990s, and is best known for her role as Jill Bennett in the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing, and as co-host of the Canadian reality series Thrill of a Lifetime.

Gremlins

1984

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

Lassie

Lassie is one of Hollywood’s most iconic animal actors, originating from Eric Knight’s 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home and the 1943 MGM film. The role was first played by Pal, a male Collie trained by Rudd Weatherwax, despite the character being female—male Collies were preferred for their striking appearance. Pal and his descendants continued the role in films and the legendary 1954–1973 TV series, which made Lassie a global symbol of loyalty and bravery. Generations of Pal’s offspring have kept the tradition alive, cementing Lassie’s place as one of entertainment’s most beloved stars.

Christina Ochoa

Cast · Known for Tied Up, Animal Kingdom

Spanish actress Christina Ochoa is best known for her current roles on TNT's Animal Kingdom and as the lead for SyFy's upcoming Blood Drive, to air in Summer 2017. Born in Barcelona, Spain. Grand niece of Nobel Prize winner Severo Ochoa. Daughter of Spanish Sculptor Victor Ochoa, Christina spent her childhood between Madrid, Barcelona and Miami. She studied Oceanographic Engineering in Las Palmas University in the Canary Islands and Advanced Marine Biology in James Cook Univ. in Australia.

Rumman Ariff

Rumman Ariff is an actor, known for Animal Kingdom (2016), What's to Come (2019) and Summer with the Guys.