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Bates Motel

2013

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

Primo Allon

Cast · Known for Godzilla

Primo Allon is a Canadian actor who portrayed Joey on Bates Motel. He is also known for his roles in the films Godzilla, The Age of Adaline and If I Stay. He is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School

Kyle Warren

Kyle Warren is an actor and producer, known for Arrow (2012), Supernatural (2005) and Bates Motel (2013).

Michael Vartan

Michael S. Vartan (born November 27, 1968) is a French-American actor, known for his TV roles as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama Alias, George Helen's on Bates Motel, James Walker on Big Shots, Terence Hoffman on the E! drama The Arrangement, and Dr. Tom Wakefield on the TNT medical drama Hawthorne. His best known film roles are as Sam Coulson in Never Been Kissed, Kevin Fields in Monster-in-Law, and Kevin Lassiter in The Next Best Thing. His other film roles include The Pallbearer, One Hour Photo, Rogue, Colombiana, and Small Town Crime. He played the role of Lancelot in TNT's production of Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon (2001). He also had a guest appearance on Friends as Dr. Tim Burke, Tom Selleck's character's son. Vartan co-hosts a weekly live sports program called Advanced Shouting with friends Dan Petriw and Noel Fogelman. The first episode was uploaded to YouTube in June 2020. The broadcast is also available via Facebook. He was born in France and lived there until the age of 5 when he moved to the United States with his mother after his parents divorced. He moved back to France to be with his father until his high school years, and grew up a "farm kid" in a "simple environment" in Fleury, Manche, a small town in Normandy. At age eighteen, Vartan moved back with his mother in Los Angeles, telling her that he wanted to be an artist, because he did not wish to fulfill the mandatory military service required in France. He now considers himself to be American and is bilingual, being fluent in French and English.

Tomiwa Edun

Babatunde Adetomiwa Stafford "Tomiwa" Edun, is a UK based Nigerian actor. He is best known for his roles as Sir Elyan in the television show Merlin, Marcus Young in Bates Motel and Alex Hunter in the football video games FIFA 17, FIFA 18 and FIFA 19.

Sarah Grey

Cast · Known for The Order

Sarah was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Based in Vancouver, she has appeared on shows such as Almost Human and Bates Motel. Her first break in film came in 2013, when she landed the part of Jennifer Beals' daughter 'Julia', in Cinemanovels. Written and Directed by Terry Miles and starring Lauren Lee Smith, Cinemanovels was a 2013 Official Selection for the Toronto International Film Festival. Sarah would later be cast as 'Young Norma Bates' in A & E's Bates Motel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Grey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Psycho

1960

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Kenny Johnson

Cast · Known for S.W.A.T., Bates Motel, The Shield

Kenneth Allen Johnson is an American actor, producer, and former model. He's well known for his portrayal of Detective Curtis Lemansky on the American drama The Shield, Butch "Burner" Barnes in Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Detective "Ham" Dewey on Saving Grace, and Dominique Luca on the CBS series S.W.A.T. He's had a number of recurring roles on TV series including Sons of Anarchy, Prime Suspect (US), Chicago Fire, Bates Motel, and Secrets and Lies.

Eva Day

Eva Day is a versatile Canadian actress known for her roles in film and television. She appeared in the popular Netflix movie Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between, the acclaimed sci-fi comedy Spontaneous, and the indie comedy Adventures in Public School. Her television work includes guest roles in series such as Murder in a Small Town, Supernatural, iZombie, and Bates Motel.

Keenan Tracey

Cast · Known for Bates Motel

Born in 1991 in Canada, he began acting at the age of 17. His early roles included guest stars in Fringe, Supernatural, and Arctic Air, in which he was nominated for a UBCP Award in the category of Best Newcomer. He then recurred largely in Bates Motel, The 100, The Returned, and Rogue. He was nominated for a Leo Award as Best Supporting Actor for his supporting lead role in The Hunters. His father is also an actor, which is how he got introduced to film.

Keegan Connor Tracy

Cast · Known for Final Destination 2, Bates Motel, The Magicians

Keegan Connor Tracy (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series Beggars and Choosers (1999–2000), the Blue Fairy in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–18), Miss Blair Watson in the A&E drama series Bates Motel (2013–16), and Professor Lipson in the Syfy fantasy series The Magicians (2016–2020). Tracy's other notable work includes roles on the television series Jake 2.0, The 4400, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Psych, and Battlestar Galactica. In film, she is best known for her roles as Kat Jennings in the supernatural horror film Final Destination 2 (2003), Mirabelle Keegan in the supernatural horror film White Noise (2005), Dolly Dupuyster in the comedy-drama film The Women (2008), Ellen in the drama film Words and Pictures (2013), and Queen Belle in the musical fantasy films Descendants (2015), Descendants 2 (2017), and Descendants 3 (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Keegan Connor Tracy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Freddie Highmore

Cast · Executive Producer · Known for The Good Doctor, Bates Motel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Alfred Thomas Highmore (born February 14, 1992) is an English actor. He is known for his starring roles beginning as a child, in the films Finding Neverland (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), August Rush (2007), and The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008). He won two consecutive Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Performer. Highmore starred as Norman Bates in the drama-thriller series Bates Motel (2013–2017), for which he was nominated three times for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and won a People's Choice Award. In 2017, Highmore began producing and starring as Dr. Shaun Murphy in the ABC drama series The Good Doctor, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Max Thieriot

Cast · Known for Fire Country, Bates Motel, SEAL Team

Maximillion Drake Thieriot (born October 14, 1988) is an American actor. He began his career with roles in many family films including Catch That Kid (2004) with Kristen Stewart, The Pacifier (2005) with Vin Diesel, and Nancy Drew (2007) with Emma Roberts. In 2009, he co-starred in the erotic thriller Chloe alongside Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried. In 2012, he starred in the horror film House at the End of the Street, alongside Jennifer Lawrence. From 2013 to 2017, Thieriot starred as Dylan Massett in A&E's horror drama series Bates Motel, a contemporary-set prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Afterwards, he was a regular in the first five seasons of the CBS drama SEAL Team. In 2022, he joined the main cast of the Netflix series Fire Country.

Darren Moore

Cast · Known for I, Robot

Darren Moore is a Canadian actor and art director born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His exact birthday is not publicly available in major sources. He has been active since 1995, accumulating over 60 film and television credits, and is best known for I, Robot (2004, with Will Smith), Snakes on a Plane (2006, with Samuel L. Jackson), Wind Chill (2007), and Freddy Got Fingered (2001). On television he has appeared in Supernatural (2014), Falling Skies (2010–2015), Bates Motel (2014, as Iggy), Once Upon a Time (2015, as Vortigan), Arrow (2015), The 100 (2020, as Orlando), See (2019, with Jason Momoa), Dead of Summer (2016), Fringe (2010, 2012), Dark Angel (2000–2002), Stargate SG-1, The Killing, The Dead Zone (2006), Kyle XY, jPod (2008, 4 episodes), Flash Gordon (2007, 3 episodes), Alcatraz (2012), Cold Squad, Da Vinci's Inquest, The Murders (2019), and R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2011). Other film credits include Stan Helsing (2009), Impulse (2008), Noah (2014, with Russell Crowe), Kid Cannabis (2014), Happy Face Killer (2014), and Die, My Love (2025).

Chris Bacon

Composer · Known for Bates Motel, Heretic, Wednesday

Christian Paul Bacon (born March 17, 1977) is an American composer. His film scores include Alpha and Omega (2010), Source Code (2011), Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Sherlock Gnomes (2018) and Men in Black: International (2019). He was the composer for all 50 episodes of the A&E drama series Bates Motel, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and also composed the music for 26 of the 32 episodes of the NBC musical drama series Smash. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Bacon (composer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Nicola Peltz Beckham

Cast · Known for Transformers: Age of Extinction, Bates Motel

Nicola Peltz Beckham (born January 9, 1995) is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Katara in M. Night Shyamalan's feature film "The Last Airbender", as well as Bradley Martin in the television series "Bates Motel".

W. Earl Brown

Cast · Known for Scream, Hacks

William Earl Brown (born September 7, 1963) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny in the film Scream (1996), Warren in the film There's Something About Mary (1998), Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood (2004–2006), and the voice and motion capture of Bill in the video game The Last of Us (2013). He has appeared in films such as Backdraft, The Master, Being John Malkovich, The Sessions, Vanilla Sky, The Lone Ranger, and Bloodworth (which he also wrote and produced), as well as series such as Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, C.S.I., C.S.I. Miami, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, Preacher, Bates Motel, True Detective, American Horror Story, Chicago Fire, and The Mandalorian.

Vera Farmiga

Cast · Known for Bates Motel, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2

Vera Ann Farmiga (/fɑːrˈmiːɡə/ far-MEE-gə; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996). After expanding to television and film, her breakthrough came with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone (2004). She then had roles in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). She was also established as a scream queen for her performances in the horror films Joshua (2007) and Orphan (2009). For her performance in the comedy-drama Up in the Air (2009), Farmiga was nominated for an Academy Award and other accolades. She then made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground (2011), in which she had the leading role. She starred in the thrillers Source Code (2011) and Safe House (2012), before furthering her scream queen status by portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). She also starred in the legal drama The Judge (2014), the biographical drama The Front Runner (2018), the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and the crime drama The Many Saints of Newark (2021). On television, Farmiga received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama horror series Bates Motel (2013–2017) and starring in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019). She also appears in the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vera Farmiga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Rebecca Creskoff

Rebecca Creskoff was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Betty Jane Creskoff, a home maker, and Howard Creskoff a lawyer, and has an older sister. Her father is of Russian Jewish decent and her mother is of mostly English and German ancestry--a true Midwestern protestant. The New Yorker Magazine describes Creskoff as "immensely gifted, with formidable technique" and named her one of the best performers of 2010. Creskoff studied English literature at the University of Pennsylvania and then, following the advice of her friend and mentor Debra Messing, chose to hone her craft more seriously at the prestigious MFA acting training program at New York University. Classmates included David Costible, Victor Williams, Sean P. Thomas, Glenn Fleshler and Aunjanue Ellis. Her first job after graduating was the long running Steve Martin play "Picasso At The Lapin Agile" at the Promenade Theater in New York City with Gabriel Macht and Jason Antoon. During this time she supported her theater habit by doing national commercials for products such as Massengill Douche, Budweiser with co-star Cara Buono (Stranger Things) Puff tissues, Olive Garden, Joy dish washing detergent, and Pampers diapers. Her first television role was playing a waitress on Law and Order: SVU. Later that year she guest starred on the original Law and Order and then returned to Law and Order twelve years later in the role of public defender Veronica Masters in season 20. Her theater credits include the Broadway play Lousing Louie at Manhattan Theater Club, The All-American at Lincoln Center 3, multiple productions playing Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as numerous plays at the Williamstown Theater Festival (most notably playing Luca in Arms and the Man opposite Christopher Evan Welch) and the Berkshire Theater Festival in Miss Julie opposite Mark Feuerstein and Marin Hinkle. She later starred opposite Feuerstein in the movie Knucklehead and with Hinkle in the play Measure for Measure. She made her way out west after being cast in Love's Labor Lost at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego directed by Roger Reese. She made a side trip to Los Angeles and her first audition was for E.R. which she did not get. But producer John Wells brought her back in the next day to read for Aaron Sorkin's new show The West Wing. Creskoff was cast in a large guest starring role opposite Rob Lowe with Jamie Denton on the first episode of the second season of the acclaimed hit show. Numerous guest starring and substantial recurring roles followed on The Practice, Justified, Bates Motel, Parenthood, Mad Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Girlfriends, Desperate Housewives, Party Down, How I Met Your Mother, Justified, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the mother of the Jonas Brothers, among others. Her series regular roles include a fiery Irish Catholic mother of two on the WB series Greetings From Tuscon, a fiery Irish Catholic mother of five on the Fox sitcom Quintuplets opposite Andy Richter and then as the fiery pimp Lenore on the HBO series Hung opposite Thomas Jane, Jane Adams and Anne Heche. She most recently played a non-fiery Irish Catholic mother of three on the NBC pilot Where I'm From and on the CBS pilot Taxi-22 opposite John Leguizamo.

Mike Vogel

Cast · Known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poseidon, The Help

Michael James Vogel (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. Vogel began modeling jeans for the iconic Levi Strauss & Company. He was subsequently cast in the television series Grounded for Life, appearing in a recurring role between 2001 and 2004. His first film role was in the skateboarding-themed Grind (2003). In 2003, he starred as Heath in the made-for-television remake of Wuthering Heights, which premiered on MTV, and filmed his role in the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In 2005, after Grounded for Life was canceled, Vogel appeared in four films, with the most notable roles as Eric Richman, the romantic interest of Blake Lively's character in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and a supporting role in Rumor Has It..., as Blake Burroughs, the son of Kevin Costner's character. He co-starred as Christian, the fiancé of Emmy Rossum's character in the disaster film Poseidon (2006), a remake of the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure. Vogel was originally offered the role of Angel in X-Men: The Last Stand, but backed out to appear in Poseidon. From 2007 to 2009, he starred in the films The Deaths of Ian Stone, Across the Hall, and the horror film Open Graves. He co-starred as Jason Hawkins in Cloverfield (2008), Jack in She's Out of My League (2010), Bobby in Blue Valentine (2010), Johnny Foote in The Help (2011), and Dave Hansen in What's Your Number?. He had starring roles in several TV series as Chris Deleo on Miami Medical (2010), pilot Dean Lowrey on Pan Am (2011), Deputy Zack Shelby on Bates Motel (2013), Dale 'Barbie' Barbara on Under the Dome (2013), and Ricky Stormgren on the Syfy mini-series Childhood's End (2015). He starred in the Hallmark movie In My Dreams (2015), and the films Adult Interference (2017), The Case for Christ (2017), The Amendment (2018), and Secret Obsession (2019). He again had starring TV roles as Adam Salton on The Brave (2017) and Cooper Connelly on Sex/Life (2021). He co-starred as Lt. Sullivan in the film Fantasy Island (2020), a horror spin on the original 80's TV show.

Tracy Spiridakos

Cast · Known for Chicago P.D.

Tracy Spiridakos is a Canadian actress, best known for starring as Detective Hailey Upton in the hit Dick Wolf series "Chicago P.D." for more than 7 seasons. Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Greek-born parents. The family moved to the Greek town Skala, near Sparta, when she was four, and returned to Canada when she was nine. She strongly identifies with her Greek heritage and speaks fluent Greek. She graduated from Oak Park High School in Winnipeg in the year 2000. Spiridakos moved to Vancouver in 2007 to pursue acting, and within weeks landed her first television role, a small part on "Supernatural". She continued working in television, and in 2009, won her first starring role in "Majority Rules!". She made her feature film debut in 2011 with "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", and filmed the low-budget thriller, "Kill For Me", with Donal Logue and Katie Cassidy. From 2012-2014, Spiridakos starred as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series "Revolution". She then guest starred on the critically acclaimed hit series "Bates Motel" before joining the cast of "Chicago P.D" at the end of its fourth season.

David Neale

David Neale (born David Arthur Knut Sivertsen, March 11, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian actor, 5′ 10″ (178 cm) tall, who has been active since 1986, accumulating over 40 film and television credits. He frequently portrays police officers, guards, soldiers, and other authority figures, and has lived with spastic (laryngeal) dysphonia for over a decade. His most notable film credits include a Policeman in Scary Movie (2000), a Spook in Shooter (2007, with Mark Wahlberg and Angelina Jolie), Navy Dad in Snakes on a Plane (2006, with Samuel L. Jackson), Man #1 in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Officer Plessy in Carrie (2002, with Amber Tamblyn), a Desk Manager in Duets (2000, with Hugh Grant), and a Stage Cop in Camouflage (2001). On television he appeared as a Police Captain in Fringe (2010), a Host in Bates Motel (2013), a Page in Battlestar Galactica (2006), a Genii Soldier in Stargate Atlantis (2004), a Navy Base Guard in The X-Files (1996), a SWAT Guy in Intelligence (2005), and a Heart Doctor in The Dead Zone (2002), with additional credits in Millennium (1997), Supernatural (2008), Almost Human (2014), The Killing (2011), Masters of Science Fiction (2007), Tru Calling (2003), Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), and The Ray Bradbury Theater (1992).

Jackie Blackmore

Jackie Blackmore (born November 27, 1987) has been a professional actor, improv & physical comedian, award-wining playwright & comedy writer for over 24 years. She also collects sketch comedy groups. She's been in a lot of them: Strapless Comedy, The Skinny, Grimaldi's Asylum, Blackout Broadcast, Off Centre Television, Terribly Inappropriate, One Night Stand, Radio Edit, Tight Corset Theatre, & The Legend of Bonefish. They take her places: The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver Sketchfests, Canwest Global Comedyfest, Vancouver International Comedy Festival, Montreal, Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver & Edmonton Fringe Festivals where she regularly headlines sold-out shows. She also does straight dramatic theatre: Proof, The Vagina Monologues, Dancing at Lughnasa, Awkward (her solo one woman show), Dumb Blind Luck, The Good Time Girls & Saucy Bits. She sells things in commercials & plays quirky young mom zombie-killing paramedic cops on Film & TV in shows such as: Loudermilk, Death Note, No Tomorrow, No Men Beyond This Point, Supernatural, Bates Motel, Fringe, V, Psych, and Stargate Universe. She is a past weekly performing Masterclass & Rookie League member of Vancouver Theatresports. Jackie teaches Sketch Comedy Writing at Vancouver Film School & Instant Theatre and is the Director of The VFS Sketch Company where she directs up to 6-9 shows a year.

Steph Green

Steph Green is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated film and television director whose work spans independent cinema and critically acclaimed television. Most recently, she directed and executive produced all six episodes of The Good Daughter for Peacock, a limited series produced by Fifth Season and Made Up Stories. She also directed and executive produced the pilot and three episodes of Duster, created by J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan for HBO Max. In 2020, she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series for her work on HBO's Watchmen. Green previously directed and executive produced the pilots for Dare Me (USA Network) and The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime), helping establish the creative foundation for both series. Her extensive directing credits include some of the most acclaimed television of the past decade, such as The Americans, Star Wars: Ahsoka, The Deuce, The Man in the High Castle, American Crime, Bates Motel, You're the Worst, Billions, Preacher, Luke Cage, and Scandal. In 2009, Green received an Academy Award nomination for her short film New Boy, which she wrote and directed in Ireland. Known for her bold visual style, emotional nuance, and strong character work, Green continues to be a leading voice in cinematic television.