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Craig of the Creek

2018

Craig and his two friends, Kelsey and JP, embark on adventures in the untamed wilderness of the Creek, a place where children can run wild and free. The group of friends solve mysteries, fulfil quests and compete in battles against the other kids.

Pearl Low

Pearl Low (they/them) is the founder of Orange Blossom Studios. They are a Director, Story Artist and Writer that has worked in animation for over 10 years. They also work in publishing as a Writer and Illustrator. Low is the Director and Creator of the indie project Wheels & Roses, and has directed at Sanrio and Studio Smokescreen. They have storyboarded on projects such as Hair Love (Sony Pictures Animation), Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network), #1 Happy Family USA (A24) and Canvas (Netflix). Their work has earned them an Oscar for Best Animated Short film for "Hair Love", an NAACP Award for Outstanding Short Film for their work on Canvas, an NAACP Image Award nomination for their episode "A League of Maya's Own (Craig of the Creek)", and an Annie Award Nomination for Best Writing TV/Media for their episode "Whose Dimension is it Anyway? (Craig of the Creek). In Publishing, Low has worked for Scholastic adapting two volumes of the series, "The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids" into graphic novels. They have also worked for OwlKids magazine and Great Books Foundation creating educational and engaging illustrative materials for children in grades 2 to 5. Creating community through storytelling is at the heart of why Low tells the types of stories they do. Celebrating the authenticity of our personhoods and lived experiences is how we connect with one another. They believe there's no better way than using the limitless medium that is storytelling, to achieve this.

Lucia Cunningham

Cast · Known for Craig of the Creek

Lucia Cunningham is an American child actress, who currently provides the voice of Jessica Williams in Craig of the Creek.

H. Michael Croner

Cast · Known for Craig of the Creek

Harold Michael Croner (born January 25, 1985) is an American actor and voice actor, best known for voicing J.P. Mercer in the Cartoon Network series Craig of the Creek. He has also worked on shows, such as Hot in Cleveland, Workaholics, Mom, We Bare Bears, The Big Bang Theory, Mike Tyson Mysteries, Unikitty!, Young Sheldon, and F is for Family. For Disney, he played Hootie Kephart in Zeke and Luther. He also voiced Chad Starlight and Obvious Teen in Wander Over Yonder, Lazer, Mam Mams, and The Rat King in Pickle and Peanut, and Barry Buns in Kiff. Additionally, he played Robert in the ABC series Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.

Ashleigh Crystal Hairston

Cast · Known for Craig of the Creek

Ashleigh Crystal Hairston is an American actress, voice actress, and screenwriter. She voices Wren and was a staff writer for Craig of the Creek. In August 2019, she began writing for the show as a freelancer, and in January 2020, she was hired as a full-time staff writer. In November 2021, she moved to Jessica's Big Little World as a head writer, where she stayed until March 2022. She is currently a co-executive producer and the voice of Hazel Wells in the Nickelodeon reboot The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish to be released Spring 2024.

Ben Levin

Cast · Known for Craig of the Creek

Ben Levin is an animator, writer, director, and voice actor. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the Cartoon Network animated series "Craig of the Creek" (2017) and its spin-off series, "Jessica's Big Little World" (2023), alongside animator Matt Burnett. They co-wrote and co-directed the film 'Craig Before the Creek' (2023), worked as writers and story editors for the animated series "Steven Universe" (2013), and co-wrote the story for its film 'Steven Universe: The Movie' (2019).

Niko Vargas

Niko Vargas was born on February 24, 2000 in New York City, New York. Niko is an actor and music artist, known for Wish (2023), Craig of the Creek (2018) and Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020).

Jeff Rosenstock

Composer · Known for Craig of the Creek

Jeffrey Ernest Rosenstock (born September 7, 1982) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from Long Island, New York. They are known for their former bands Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, as well as for their work as a solo artist and as a composer for Craig of the Creek. They are the founder of Quote Unquote Records, the first donation-based record label. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Matt Burnett

Cast · Known for Craig of the Creek

Matthew Raymond “Matt” Burnett is an American animator, writer, director, voice actor, storyboard artist, and executive producer. He is best known as the co-creator, alongside longtime collaborator Ben Levin, of Cartoon Network’s "Craig of the Creek" (2017–2023) and its spin-off, "Jessica’s Big Little World" (2023). Together, Burnett and Levin also co-wrote and co-directed the prequel film 'Craig Before the Creek' (2023). Before creating his own series, Burnett was a key creative force on "Steven Universe" (2013–2018). As a senior writer and story editor, he helped develop the story for nearly 50 episodes and edited scripts for more than 50, working closely with the storyboard artists during pitches to refine Rebecca Sugar’s vision for the show. He and Levin left Steven Universe after "Craig of the Creek" was greenlit, but returned to co-write the story for 'Steven Universe: The Movie' (2019). Burnett’s career began in the mid-2000s. In 2006, he provided the voice of Simon in the short film "She She She She’s a Bombshell!", and the following year worked as an animator on "Kappa Mikey" (2007). Since then, his work has spanned writing, directing, voice acting, and producing, with a consistent focus on imaginative, character-driven storytelling. Burnett often credits his DIY, hands-on upbringing for shaping his creative ethos, bringing authenticity and heart to the worlds he builds. Across television and film, he has established himself as a versatile storyteller dedicated to creating stories filled with humor, warmth, and emotional depth.

Shauna McGarry

Shauna McGarry is a Los Angeles–based television writer, producer, and media‑arts educator. Raised in Santa Barbara, California, she earned a BFA in Film Production from NYU Tisch in 2005 with a minor in Gender Studies. She has written for shows including BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, Craig of the Creek, and Katy Keene, and served as executive producer on animated projects such as The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy. Her work on Tuca & Bertie earned an Annie Award for Episodic Writing. Shauna is also president of the board of Echo Park Film Center which she's been a part of since 2005, a Los Angeles–based nonprofit cinema and media school, and is active in live storytelling and performance projects.

Kate Isitt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kate Isitt is an English actress who is best known for her role as beauty therapist Sally Harper in the BBC television situation comedy Coupling. From 1995-1998, she played Alison, a secretary in a solicitors' office, in Is It Legal?. Isitt had a minor part in the film of The Saint (1997). In 1998 she played alongside Alan Davies in "Black Canary", an episode of the BBC TV mystery series Jonathan Creek, and as Davies' wife in a pilot episode of the BBC comedy, A Many Splintered Thing (of which a series was made in 2000, by which time Isitt had joined the cast of Coupling). In the same year she appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC TV drama, The Tribe, with, among others, Anna Friel and Joely Richardson. She also appeared as a woman whose husband became a surrogate father in Strictly Confidential in 2006. In the same year, she played alongside Demi Moore in the Craig Rosenberg directed movie, Half Light. Isitt trained at the Arts Education School. She and Nigel Cole have two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Isitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Ava Paloma

Ava Paloma is a SAG-AFTRA actress and producer whose work spans film, television, and national commercial campaigns. Known for her versatility, warmth, and collaborative spirit, she has built a career playing grounded, relatable characters across a wide range of genres. Ava gained recognition for her performance as Sophia in the Bruce Willis action thriller Deadlock, which Quentin Tarantino praised as "really f***ing good." Her recent film credits include Razor’s Edge opposite James Franco and Paul Ben-Victor, 72 Hours alongside Sam Trammell, Jersey Bred opposite Chris Tardio, and Scrapper with the late Craig "Mums" Grant. On television, Ava has appeared in Poker Face, Law & Order: Organized Crime, The Blacklist, and Bull. She can also be seen in multiple national campaigns, including her long-running work with Ford. Upcoming projects include Bad Day starring Cameron Diaz, The Spot with Claire Danes and Ewan McGregor, Brine, a holiday feature film, and an NBC pilot starring Emily Deschanel. In addition to acting, Ava is the founder of WV4 Productions and has worked across numerous areas of the entertainment industry, including producing, casting, photography, and content creation. She is an ensemble member of The Collective NYC, co-founded by Amy Schumer and Kevin Kane, and trained under the late Bill Esper at The William Esper Studio. Originally from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Ava spent much of her career in New York City and now splits her time between Georgia and New York with her husband and son, Bo. When she’s not on set, she enjoys exploring new towns, spending time with her rescue dogs, Ruby and Cha Cha, and visiting her family’s regenerative farm, Wildom Farm, in Deep Creek, Maryland.

William Bishop

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Paxton Bishop (July 16 1918 - October 3 1959) was an American television and movie actor from Oak Park, Illinois. He was best known for his role as Steve Connors on the 1950's NBC comedy series It's a Great Life[1] and for his roles in films including Harriet Craig, The Killer That Stalked New York and in numerous B-Movies and westerns such as The Tougher They Come, Gun Belt, The Basketball Fix, Cripple Creek and Wyoming Renegades. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bishop (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Mark P. O'Connor

Cast · Known for The Rainmaker

Musician - voice (tenor), piano, guitar, drums, bass, keys, ukulele, bouzouki, tiple. Performed at: Electric Picnic, Australian National Folk Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival, Major's Creek Folk Festival, Féile na Gréine, The Seige of Limerick, UL IWA Blas Summer School, Saint Mary's Cathedral, Splendour in the Grass Festival, Ludlow St NYC. Stage actor - Stage actor since 2010. Highlights include: Fr Flynn - 'Doubt: A parable', The Knave - '2 Gentlemen of Lebowski', Martin - 'Through a glass darkly', Laurence Sugden - 'Calender Girls', Stewart/Len/Roy 'Blackrock', Christy 'Lieutenant of Inismore' Screen actor since 2012. Productions worked on include: TV - Am an Ghátair, Game of Thrones S8, Foundation, Conversations with friends, Sherlock and Daughter, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Feature Films - Calm with horses, I am Patrick, The Northman, Clueless in Ireland, Murder in G Major. Podcaster - Culture night 2020/2021, 'Remember Dolores Podcast', 'The Craic' on LCCR 100+ episodes.

Roger Craig Smith

Cast · Known for Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Haunted Hotel, Uncle Grandpa

Roger Craig Smith (Born August 11, 1975) is an American voice actor. He is also known as Roger C. Smith. He has voiced numerous cartoons and video games. He is generally known as the voice behind Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, as Ezio Auditore da Firenze in Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations, and as the current voice of Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog.

David Anthony Higgins

Cast · Known for Malcolm in the Middle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Anthony Higgins (born December 9, 1961; Des Moines, Iowa) is an American comedic actor, best known for playing the roles of Craig Feldspar from Malcolm in the Middle and Mr. Bitters from Big Time Rush. The brother of comedian Steve Higgins, he got his major break when cast in 1995 as outspoken barista Joe in the retooled version of the sitcom Ellen. He is perhaps most well recognized for his roles as Craig Feldspar in Malcolm in the Middle and Mr. Bitters in Big Time Rush. He has also served as a writer and co-star on the television show The Higgins Boys and Gruber and co-wrote The Wrong Guy with The Simpsons writer Jay Kogen and Dave Foley, a movie starring himself and Dave Foley. He also guest starred on Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP as Dave. Higgins is also well known for his catchphrase, "It started as a zit, and I scratched it!". Description above from the Wikipedia article David Anthony Higgins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Michael Shulman

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Michael Shulman (born December 31, 1981) is an American stage, television, film actor and co-owner of New York and Los Angeles-based production company Starry Night Entertainment. Born in New York City, New York, Shulman has been acting since childhood where he began his career in theatre and quickly appeared in more than 10 plays and musicals, including a two year run on Broadway in Les Misérables, the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, and two plays by John Guare. It was during this time that he began his recording career and has since appeared in more than 5 albums. Shulman next turned to television and film and landed several roles, including Jodie Foster’s Little Man Tate, M. Night Shyamalan’s Wide Awake, Disney's Can of Worms, Fox's Party of Five (1994), and his critically acclaimed performance as Benny in the HBO special, Someone Had to Be Benny (1996) for which he was nominated for a CableAce Award (the youngest nominee in the Award’s history) and won a Daytime Emmy Award. Shulman recently received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University with a major in the History of Art. In 2006, Shulman teamed with Los Angeles-based Craig Saavedra, who directed him in "Rhapsody In Bloom", to form Starry Night Entertainment. In 2009, Shulman produced and starred in the comedy/drama "Sherman's Way" opposite James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Brooke Nevin, Lacey Chabert and Donna Murphy. In 2009, Shulman returned to the stage as Alan in J.T. Roger's play "White People" at the Atlantic Theatre Company. In 2009, Shulman appeared as Assistant District Attorney Maxwell Cavanaugh in NBC's "Law & Order". Shulman is an advocate for the arts and serves on the board of The New Wave, a division of The Film Society of Lincoln Center. He resides in New York and rescued a dog named Stevie from the ASPCA. In 2010, Shulman associate produced the New York premiere of Craig Wright's Mistakes Were Made Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre. The comedy, directed by Dexter Bullard, starred Academy Award nominated actor Michael Shannon as Felix Artifex, a B-list Off-Broadway producer who gets in way over his fast-talking head when he takes on a gargantuan epic about the French Revolution which he thinks is going to be his ticket to professional and personal reclamation. While trying to land a big star for the lead role, he uses all his powers of persuasion, seduction and intimidation to strong-arm the writer into massively rewriting his play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Shulman licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Deniz Akdeniz

Cast · Known for High Potential

Deniz Akdeniz, best known for his role in the Max Original hit "The Flight Attendant" alongside Kaley Cuoco and Zosia Mamet. He will next appear alongside Kaitlin Olson in the new ABC show "High Potential" by Drew Goddard. Recently, part of the incredible ensemble cast of Craig Gillespie's "Dumb Money" and starred with Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the endearing drama "You Hurt My Feelings" from acclaimed director Nicole Holofcener.

K.C. Clyde

Cast · Known for Landman

K.C. Clyde (born May 2, 1980) is an American actor. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife RaeAnn and is the son of Craig Clyde. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Description above from the Wikipedia article K.C. Clyde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Lesley-Ann Brandt

Cast · Known for Lucifer, The Librarians

Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Lesley-Ann Brandt has shot to stardom rapidly in New Zealand. She immigrated to Auckland with her parents and younger brother in 1999. Her unusual path to acting has seen her go from IT Recruitment Consultant to landing the lead role in the hit comedy series 'Diplomatic Immunity', starring alongside Craig Parker (of Spartacus, Lord of the Rings and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), quickly moving her into the hearts of the nation. Lesley-Ann started her career as a model, booking prestigious national and international campaigns as well as big international TV commercials. She very soon drew the attention of Casting Directors who encouraged her to pursue acting. Whilst working full time, Brandt trained with various New Zealand and internationally based acting coaches. She has most recently appeared in guest roles on New Zealand's series 'Shortland Street', 'This Is Not My Life' and her current role as 'Naevia' in the Starz series 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'. Lesley-Ann has just completed filming her first feature film 'Hopes and Dreams’. She is fluent in Afrikaans, and has in the past played competitive and social hockey. Brandt is currently based in Los Angeles.

Susan Cookson

Susan Cookson is an English television actress. She was a cast member of BBC One's BAFTA-winning medical drama Casualty, playing Dr Maggie Coldwell and played Tanya in both series of the Craig Cash and Phil Mealey sitcom Early Doors on BBC Two.

Paul Daneman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Daneman (29 October 1925 - 28 April 2001) was an English film, television, theatre and voice actor. Paul Frederick Daneman was born in Islington, London. He attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow and studied stage design at Reading University where he joined the dramatic society. After training at RADA he joined Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep and the Old Vic for four years. In August 1955 he created the role of Vladimir in Waiting For Godot, at the Arts Theatre in Westminster. His film credits include: Zulu and Oh! What a Lovely War. Daneman's TV credits include: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Persuasion (1960 series), Danger Man, Out of the Unknown, The Saint, Spy Trap, Blake's 7, The Professionals and Rumpole of the Bailey. The BBC's 1960 landmark production "||An Age of Kings]]," a fifteen part drama that combined Shakespeare's histories of the Kings of England and presented them in chronological order, featured Daneman as Richard III. Daneman played the husband of Wendy Craig in the original series of the popular BBC sitcom Not in Front of the Children before being replaced by Ronald Hines. He also played Bilbo Baggins in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. While recovering from a heart attack, he wrote the sitcom Affairs of the Heart. In 1995 Daneman published If I Only Had Wings, a novel inspired by his experiences in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Daneman died in 2001 and was buried at East Sheen Cemetery, South West London. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Daneman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Craig Lee Thomas

Craig is best known for providing the motion capture, performance capture, VO and facial likeness for the Super Earth Spokesperson in the 2024 Sony/Arrowhead interactive title 'Helldivers 2' (BAFTA Longlist 2025). He grew up in a small town outside of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. During summers of college, he was a company member at the Tony award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival, appearing in 8 productions over 3 seasons (and was also the Festival's youngest Fight Captain at age 20). Craig remained in New York City for a year after college, appearing in numerous off-Broadway world premieres, including David Ian Lee's 'Sleeper' and Colin McKenna's 'Parking Lot, Lonely Heart', which scored him a rave review in the New York Times. After moving to Los Angeles in 2009, Craig co-founded the sketch comedy group Pursued By Bear with fellow NYU alumni Lisa J Dooley and Kelly Landry. Craig has been seen as the Newspaper Man in the Budweiser Super Bowl Ad "Return of the King" directed by Jake Scott, provided voiceover for the long-running Postmates "When All You Can ____ Is Think About" campaign, and is a voiceover instructor at Real Voice LA.

Craig Huebing

A native of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, he is best known to television audiences for his roles as Dr. Phil Brewer' in 1967, and 'Dr. Peter Taylor' on from 1969 to 1979, on the long-running soap opera, "General Hospital." He also played 'Tom Jemmings' from 1959 to 1961, on "From These Roots," and 'Dr. Steve Lloyd' from 1964 to 1965, on "The Doctors." Huebing's other work include television appearances on, "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Debbie Reynolds Show," "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." "Green Acres," "The Name Of The Game," "The F.B.I.," "Love, American Style," "Get Smart," "True Story," "Ironside," and the films, "The Comic" (1969), and "Marooned" (1969). He retired from acting in 1981, and moved to Oregon. In 1976 he also published a book of poems, "Daylight Moon." He was also a talented stage actor. He passed away at the age of 77, following a lengthy illness.