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J. Kenneth Campbell

Cast · Known for The Abyss

J. Kenneth Campbell's acting career has taken him from Broadway to feature films and television. His many films include Bulworth, Ulee's Gold, Guess Who?, Mars Attacks and The Abyss. He recently completed filming director Kevin Willmott's upcoming feature The Only Good Indian, in which Campbell plays a lead role, alongside Wes Studi (Avatar, Last of the Mohicans). On television, Campbell has appeared in Commander in Chief, Frasier, Charmed, Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Matlock, L.A. Law and many other series. Campbell was born in Flushing, New York, in 1947 the second of seven children. He was raised on Long Island and graduated from Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. It was at The University of Arizona where he discovered his calling. Forsaking the "security" of a college degree, he entered "The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater" to study acting with Sanford Miesner. Non-academic acting students in 1967 became automatically eligible for the Selective Service and in the middle of his second year at the Playhouse, Campbell was drafted into the U.S. Army. He retaliated, by joining the Marines. He was wounded in action, and after months of recuperation, he returned to The Playhouse and finished the program. Campbell has worked, on stage, in film and on television ever since.

Sigourney Weaver

Cast · Known for Aliens, Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Gorge

Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films. She is known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, which earned her an Academy Award nomination in 1986 and is often regarded as one of the most significant female protagonists in cinema history. A seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Weaver won both Best Actress in Drama and Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for her work in the films Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl, becoming the first person to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year. She also received Academy Award nominations for both films. For her role in the film The Ice Storm (1997), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress ina Supporting Role. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her work in the 1984 Broadway play Hurlyburly. Weaver's other film roles include Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Dave (1993), Galaxy Quest (1999), Holes (2003), WALL-E (2008), Avatar (2009), Prayers for Bobby (2009), Paul (2011), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), and A Monster Calls (2016); and the television miniseries Political Animals (2012) and The Defenders (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sigourney Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

James Horner

Composer · Known for A Beautiful Mind, Aliens, Braveheart

James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953–June 22, 2015) was an American film composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner won two Academy Awards for his musical composition to James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing film of all time, Cameron's Avatar (2009). Horner's other Oscar-nominated scores were for Aliens (1986), An American Tail (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). Horner's other notable scores include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Willow (1988), The Land Before Time (1988), Glory (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Legends of the Fall (1994), Jumanji (1995), Casper (1995), Balto (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Perfect Storm (2000), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Troy (2004), The New World (2005), The Legend of Zorro (2005), Apocalypto (2006), The Karate Kid (2010), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including James Cameron, Don Bluth, Ron Howard, Joe Johnston, Edward Zwick, Walter Hill, Mel Gibson, Vadim Perelman, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Nicholas Meyer, Wolfgang Petersen, Martin Campbell, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells; producers including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, David Kirschner, Brian Grazer, Jon Landau, and Lawrence Gordon; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil. Adding to his two Academy Awards wins, Horner also won six Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and was nominated for three BAFTA Awards. Horner, who was an avid pilot, was killed in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft. He was 61 years old. The scores for his final three films, Southpaw (2015), The 33 (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016), were all completed and released posthumously. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Horner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Dante Basco

Cast · Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender

Dante R. Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook and for his many voice acting roles, most notably Prince Zuko from Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jake Long from the Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long.

James Clyne

Production Design · Known for Jurassic World Rebirth, The Creator

James Clyne has worked as a film industry artist for well over a decade. He spent his childhood in Oregon catching garter snakes, building forts on construction sights and drawing everything his impressionable mind could think of. James studied fine art at UC Santa Barbara where he focused on oil painting and photography. He was inspired by master painters and the power of light through a lens. He went on to Art Center where he learned automotive, industrial and film production design. There he was introduced to the work of Raymond Lowey, Pininfarina and, of course, Syd Mead. Since then, James has collaborated on well over thirty film projects. The highlights include working with Steven Spielberg on a number of projects in various capacities related to visualization. On A.I. and Minority Report James not only designed specific production assets but also created imagery that was used to inform the look of the movies through the relationship between light and emotion. James was also the Production Designer on an animated feature in 2008, Tusker, a magical film about a tribe of Indian Elephants. In 2011, James was selected by Steven Spielberg to put together an art team for the development of a television series. James has also worked with James Cameron on Avatar and Battle Angel, JJ Abrams on both Star Trek films, Robert Zemeckis, as well as projects with Michael Bay, Darren Aronofsky, and Terry Gilliam, to name a few. In 2013, James joined the ILM Art Department and was given the opportunity to work on a Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He currently resides in San Rafael with his wife and two sons.

Bobbie Phillips

Brains and beauty are two words that have been repeatedly used to describe Bobbie Phillips throughout her career. A true "Chameleon"(1998), Bobbie has played roles so diverse in her years as an actress, sometimes it's difficult to recognize her in the role. Her most famous roles have been: Julie Costello on Steven Bochco's Murder One (1995); Dr. Bambi Berenbaum on The X-Files (1993); the First Female Crow, "Talon", on The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998); and as the "Chameleon" in a series of movies for Paramount. Bobbie retired from acting in 2003, just after filming the aptly titled World Wide Pictures movie Last Flight Out in which Bobbie played a missionary doctor in the jungle. Bobbie and her husband traveled to Costa Rica and then Fiji to begin Anthony's surfing career. The couple traveled extensively between Canada, Fiji, Australia and Mexico before Bobbie moved to Anthony's home country of Canada. She appeared on the April 17, 2010 episode of the HGTV home design show Divine Design, where it was disclosed that she had recently moved to her husband Anthony's home country of Canada with their three dogs. After years of volunteer animal rescue work, Bobbie decided to get back into acting in Canada. Bobbie soon appeared in The Lifetime television movie "The Good Sister" as well as a short entitled "Doomsday". Bobbie recently acted in the film "The Gandhi Murder "opposite Stephen Lang (Avatar). Welcome back Bobbie Phillips!

Kiawentiio

Cast · Known for A Story of Derry, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Indigenous actress, singer and artist Kiawenti:io Tarbell was born on April 28, 2006 to a Mohawk family in Akwesasne, Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne. The First Nation actress is widely known only by her mononymous first name, Kiawentiio, which translates to "Nice Morning" and is pronounced "Gya-wuhn-dee-yo." As a young girl, she grew up on Cornwall Island, part of the Akwesasne Reservation, in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, right on the US border. She received her education at the Akwesasne Freedom School and at the Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School, one of the oldest schools in Canada. For the third season of the renowned Canadian TV series "Anne with an E", which was first broadcast by the CBC in 2019, a public casting call was launched looking for a young indigenous actress for the important recurring role of a Mi'kmaq girl. She was able to prevail against 235 competitors and achieved her first notable acting success with the role of Ka'kwet, which remained in the audience's memory. She then had her critically acclaimed acting breakthrough in 2020 with the lead role in the film drama "Beans" by Mohawk director Tracey Deer, in which she plays the role of 12-year-old Tekahentahkhwa (called Beans), who experienced the Oka crisis in Kanesatake in the year 1990, a 78-day violent confrontation between the Canadian indigenous people and the Canadian authorities with road blockages and fatalities. The film won Best Canadian Film at the Canadian Screen Awards and Kiawentiio won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle One to Watch award for her breakthrough performance. After guest appearances in the American sitcom series "Rutherford Falls" released in 2021 by Peacock and as a voice actor in the animated Marvel anthology series "What If...?" from Disney+ she can be seen in the role of Kantara in the live-action series remake of "Avatar: The Last Airbender", released by Netflix in 2024. She was cast for the streaming provider's fantasy series highlight at the age of 14 after her success with "Beans". According to her own statements, she is a big fan of the original Nickelodeon animated series and grew up with the characters, but as a little native girl on the reservation, she never thought that she herself could embody one of the main characters in the future. As a singer and songwriter, she released her first EP “In My Head” in 2021 with four songs she wrote herself. She also sings the title song of the film "Beans" herself. She has also been active as a painter and artist since a young age and shares her paintings and drawings on her Instagram channel with her 660,000 followers. Kiawentiio now lives alternately in Ottawa, Montreal and New York and has both Canadian and US citizenship.

Nagisa Morimoto

Cast · Known for Has Fallen

Nagisa Morimoto portrayed Isis' Avatar in the Moon Knight episodes The Friendly Type and Gods and Monsters. She also portrayed Isis while possessing her Avatar's body in the Moon Knight episode The Friendly Type.

Jamie Landau

Jamie Landau is known for Avatar (2009) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019).

Collin Hymes

Collin Hymes is known for his work on Avatar 2 (2022), The Untouchables (1987) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).

John O'Bryan

Writer · Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender

John O'Bryan has written for Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender and Disney XD's Motorcity. He lives in Los Angeles.

Matthew Yang King

Cast · Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender, Elemental, Strong Medicine

Matt Yang King is an American actor. He appears in the Netflix series Avatar: The Last Airbender as Appa and Momo, in Pixar's Elemental and the Netflix series Not Quite Narwhal, as well as Riverdale, Powers, 24, Strong Medicine, and Numbers.

Garrett Warren

Garrett Warren is an Ex-Stuntman turned Writer/Director who has been responsible for creating the action in such movies as Avatar, Logan, Alice In Wonderland, Divergent, Real Steel, Alita Battle Angel and the Avatar Sequels. He is an Ex-World Champion Martial Artist and taught fight work to such actors as Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Kate Hudson, Jeffery Dean Morgan and many more. His writing career began with a project he created and partnered with Zoe Saldana and now includes the comic book world with the introduction of "Blanket." On May 20, 2000, a gunman hiding in his Westlake Village apartment shot him four times in the face and upper body. He survived but lost an eye. His ex-wife, Claudia Haro, eventually plead no contest to plotting two attempts to murder Warren and was sentenced to 12 years. His best friend is actor Casper Van Dien. They are both the god-fathers to each others children.

James Garrett

Cast · Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender

James Garrett is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing Avatar Roku in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Alfred Pennyworth in two animated Batman films.

May Chan

May Chan is known for American Girl: Corinne Tan (2023), Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and Surfside Girls (2022).

Meadow Kingfisher

Actor. Meadow Kingfisher is known for The Beehive (2023), Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) and Sgt. Fruit Fly.

Elizabeth Welch Ehasz

Elizabeth Welch Ehasz is an American television writer who has been credited with writing eight episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Dee Bradley Baker

Cast · Known for American Dad!, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Seven Havens

Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Noted as his long-running-role as Squilliam Fancyson and other various characters in the hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is best known for his voice-work on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Codename: Kids Next Door, Phineas and Ferb, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, American Dad!, Ben 10, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Halo, Gears of War, Portal 2, and Left 4 Dead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dee Bradley Baker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Aaron Ehasz

Writer · Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender

Aaron Gabriel Ehasz is an American screenwriter and television producer. His body of work primarily consists of animated series, including as head writer and co-executive producer of Avatar: The Last Airbender, although he did serve as a producer on the live-action series The Mullets and Ed. He is also co-founder and CEO of Wonderstorm, and co-creator of the Netflix series The Dragon Prince. He has been involved in the video game industry, having served as creative director at Riot Games. Ehasz began his writing career in the year 2000, working as a staff writer on Ed and on Mission Hill. In 2001 he took a position as story editor on Matt Groening's animated Fox series Futurama, where he worked until its cancellation in 2003. From 2005 until 2008 he served as co-executive producer and head writer for the acclaimed Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. When Futurama was revived by Comedy Central in 2009, he returned to the writing staff. In the same year he also wrote an episode of the American version of Sit Down, Shut Up. In 2017, Ehasz co-founded the multimedia studio "Wonderstorm" with video game director Justin Richmond (Uncharted). The studio's first work, the animated fantasy adventure series The Dragon Prince, was released on Netflix on September 14, 2018. The Dragon Prince garnered a reputation as "the best new Netflix show of 2018", according to Hypable writer Donya Abramo. The Mary Sue writer Caroline Cao hailed the "strong heroines" of the Dragon Prince, writing "[a]mong the show's best assets are three multi-dimensional heroines who kiss ass, have organic moments of weakness p, and honestly, deserve a tribute." Notably, General Amaya, who is "a major step forward in portraying a deaf person as a badass military leader."

Jeremy Zuckerman

Composer · Known for Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Seven Havens, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Jeremy Zuckerman (born July 31, 1975) is an American composer best known as one half of The Track Team along with Benjamin Wynn. As The Track Team, they composed music and created the sound design for the series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series The Legend of Korra.

Johanna Braddy

Johanna Elizabeth Braddy (born August 30, 1987) is an American film and television actress, best known for being the voice-actor of character Princess Yue in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jordan in the ABC Family television series Greek.

Bailey Bass

Cast · Known for Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Bailey Bass (born June 18, 2003) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Tsireya in the science fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water and Claudia in the first season of gothic horror television series Interview with the Vampire.

Dave Filoni

Director · Writer · Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian

David Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter currently serving as the chief creative officer of Lucasfilm. He directed multiple episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender before being hired by George Lucas to oversee direction on the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as directing and writing numerous episodes, including its theatrical film. He was the creator of the follow-up series Star Wars Rebels and served as a supervising director, executive producer, and writer. Filoni is the creator, executive producer, and sole writer of the live-action miniseries Ahsoka and is an executive producer on The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Skeleton Crew. Filoni is also the creator and executive producer of the animated series Star Wars Resistance, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and Tales of the Jedi, and an executive producer of the web series Star Wars Forces of Destiny. Filoni is an executive vice president at Lucasfilm and in 2023 accepted a promotion to chief creative officer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Filoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Laz Alonso

Cast · Known for The Boys, Wrath of Man, Avatar

Lazaro Alonso (born March 25, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for playing Tsu'tey in James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar and Fenix Calderon in the film Fast & Furious. Alonso has had roles in other films such as Jarhead, This Christmas, Miracle at St. Anna and Detroit. As of 2019, Alonso is part of the main cast of Amazon Prime Video original series The Boys (based on the comic book series of the same name) playing the character known as Marvin T. "MM (Mother's Milk)" Milk.