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Jason Tamez
Executive Producer · Known for Thunderbolts*
Jason Tamez often works with Marvel Studios, as he was the line producer on WandaVision, Loki, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and the Echo episode Chafa. Tamez was also the production supervisor of Iron Man 3, Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and WandaVision. He was interviewed for the Assembled episodes The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and The Making of Echo. Tamez was also the executive producer on Thunderbolts. He was the production supervisor of The Amazing Spider-Man, Moneyball, and You Don't Mess with the Zohan and the production coordinator for The Social Network, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, and Click.
Todd Holland
Todd Holland is known for Grandma's Boy (2006), The Waterboy (1998) and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008).
Helen Siff
Helen Siff (June 2, 1937 – December 18, 2025) was an American character actress. She was known for roles in numerous films including The Karate Kid (1984), You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). She was born in Woodmere, New York, on June 2, 1937. She died from complications of surgery in Los Angeles on December 18, 2025, at the age of 88.
Barbara Ann Davison
Barbara Ann Davison is an actress, known for Going in Style (2017), All Good Things (2010) and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008).
Jen Zaborowski
Jen Zaborowski is an actress and producer, known for The Guilt Trip (2012), Don't Mess with Julie Whitfield (2017) and Girls! Girls! Girls! (2011).
Bunny Levine
Bernice "Bunny" Levine (née Utal; December 22, 1928 – August 20, 2026) was an American actress whose career flourished late in life, with appearances in television series such as Gilmore Girls and films including La La Land and You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Before entering Hollywood, she worked for more than two decades as a school librarian, only pursuing acting seriously after retirement.
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Cast · Known for Wrong Turn, Superman & Lois, Entourage
Emmanuelle Chriqui (born December 10, 1975) is a Canadian-American actress of Moroccan descent who has appeared on both television and in cinema. She is perhaps best known for her role on HBO's Entourage as Sloan McQuewick, as well as the love interest of Adam Sandler in the movie You Don't Mess with the Zohan. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.
Robert Smigel
Cast · Writer · Known for Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania 2
Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, filmmaker, and puppeteer, known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He is also known for his collaborations with Adam Sandler, including co-writing the first two Hotel Transylvania films and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Smigel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Penelope Windust
Penelope Marjorie Windust (July 13, 1945 - February 2, 2022) was an American television, film, and stage actress. She was known for her role as Kathleen Maxwell in the 1983 miniseries V. Windust began her career on Broadway, appearing in a 1967 production of Spofford with Melvyn Douglas, and in 1972 production of Elizabeth I. Windust has starred in many television movies. Her best-known film roles were in the movies Ghost Town and Bird in 1988. Her final movie appearance was You Don't Mess with the Zohan in 2008. She made many guest appearances on television, including Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Falcon Crest, Dallas, Matlock, Criminal Minds, ER, Third Watch and Boston Legal. She died on February 2, 2022, at the age of 76.
Sayed Badreya
Cast · Known for Iron Man
Egyptian-born film-maker and actor Sayed Badreya realized a childhood dream by winning roles in major Hollywood films such as The Insider, Three Kings, and Independence Day. Growing up in poverty in Port Said, Sayed Badreya's dreams of movie stardom looked as bleak as the prospect of peace in the Middle East. From the Six Day War in '67 through the Yom Kippur War in '73, his only escape from the world he knew was the movie theater, where films transported him to a magical land. But it was here that he determined he was destined to be a part of that magic. After attending New York University film school, and then moving to Hollywood, Sayed first worked in the film industry as an assistant to actor/director Anthony Perkins, and then with director James Cameron on True Lies. His mission - to make movies that told the Arabic- American story, since it had yet to be told - led to the creation of his own production company, Zoom In Focus. Under this banner, he directed and produced the documentary, Saving Egyptian Film Classics as well as The Interrogation, which won Best Creative Short Film at New York International Film Festival. He also produced and starred in Hesham Issawi's short, T for Terrorist, which was awarded Best Short Film at the Boston International Film Festival and the San Francisco World Film Festival. In 2007, he played his first leading role in the English language motion picture American East, a film that he also co-wrote. 2008 was Sayed Badreya's breakout year. He captivated audiences as Abu Bakaar, the villainous arms dealer who kidnaps Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in the summer's blockbuster Iron Man. Also that year, Sayed played the comedic Palestinian cab driver opposite Adam Sandler in You Don't Mess with the Zohan. This summer, Sayed can be seen in Paramount Pictures' feature film El traspatio aka Backyard, directed by Oscar-nominated Carlos Carrera in which he plays a serial killer opposite Ana de la Reguera. Sayed can also be seen this summer in Movie 43, where he plays opposite Halle Berry. Additional forthcoming films include The Three Stooges, his fifth film with the Farrelly brothers; The Dictator, playing Sascha Baron Cohen's father as the original Dictator, and Just Like a Woman, with Oscar nominated director Rachid Bouchareb. Also, Sayed is going to a new frontier in the new video game Uncharted 3, playing Ramses the Great Pirate Captain. Most recently he completed his second leading role in the New York independent feature, Cargo, about human traffickers, directed by Yan Vizinberg. And he just finished co-starring opposite Oscar-nominated actress Melissa Leo in film The Space Between, directed by Travis Fine. Sayed has also worked as an actor, Arabic dialect coach, and Islamic technical advisor on Path to 9/11, a $40 million mini-series about the events leading up to 9/11 produced by ABC/Touchstone. Sayed's efforts to bring attention to Arab-Americans in the motion picture industry have received much coverage over the years on radio, television, and in major publications around the world, such as The New York Times, GQ, NPR, ABC's "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher, BBC's "Panorama," CNN, "Fox Report with Shepard Smith", The Hollywood Reporter and Egypt Today.
Monty L. Simons
Monty L. Simons is a stunt coordinator, stuntman, assistant director, and sometimes actor. His work on TV includes The Walking Dead, Claws, Criminal Minds, Scorpion, Grimm, Sons of Anarchy, Arrested Development, Eagleheart, Medium, CSI: NY, Heroes, E-Ring, The Agency, The Invisible Man, City of Angels, Angel, Brimstone, Seven Days, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, Diagnosis Murder, The Commish, Tour of Duty, and more. His work on films includes Geostorm, Thank You for Your Service, Get Hard, The Maze Runner, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ride Along, Thor: The Dark World, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Hangover Part 3, Thor, Date Night, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Golden Compass, Rush Hour 2 & 3, Collateral, Hellboy, Spider-Man 2 & 3, Freddy vs. Jason, God's and Generals, The Scorpion King, Blade 2, Swordfish, Virus, Beverly Hills Ninja, Jingle All the Way, Independence Day, Eraser, Heat, Powder, The Quick and the Dead, True Lies, Last Action Hero, Army of Darkness, Stand By Me, The Beastmaster (1982), and more. He has also worked on TV movies including The Gambler 2 & 3, Desperado, Desperado: The Outlaw Wars, Desperado: Badlands Justice, Knight Rider 2000, The Keys, Unlikely Angel, Hard Time, Hard Time: The Premonition, Follow the Stars Home, and more.
Meaghan Oppenheimer
Meaghan Oppenheimer grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was a former child actor, working in various regional theatre productions and television shows. She graduated from Holland Hall, and then New York University—Tisch School of the Arts in 2009. Afterward, she relocated to Los Angeles to begin a screenwriting career. In 2010, Oppenheimer wrote and starred in Hot Mess, a film about two roommates that become friends-with-benefits. She has written screenplays for a number of projects, including Fear the Walking Dead. She co-wrote the screenplay for 2015's We Are Your Friends with film maker Max Joseph. In December of that year, ABC announced that Reese Witherspoon would be producing a new drama series for TV written by Oppenheimer, with the working title Please Don't Go, about the personal and professional life of a ruthless divorce attorney in Dallas whose past continues to haunt her. In March 2016, ABC announced that Penelope Ann Miller had been cast opposite T. R. Knight in the project that in 2016 was released as Broken—a series pilot that halted production after the first episode aired. In 2018, Oppenheimer penned the script for the Facebook Watch TV show, Queen America. She adapted Carola Lovering's Tell Me Lies for Hulu that was filmed and released in 2022. She also served as co-executive producer and showrunner of the series, which starred Grace Van Patten and Jackson White.
Gabe Hilfer
Music Supervisor · Known for Marty Supreme, Red Notice, The Accountant
Gabe Hilfer is known for Don't Look Up (2021), The White Lotus (2021) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
Silvia Bond
Silvia Bond is known for Honey Don't! (2025), Blue Bloods (2010) and Things Found on the Ground (2013).
Nicole Clifford
Nicole Clifford is known for Why Don't You Like Me? (2016), Victorious (2010) and Heroes (2006).
Baker Terry
Baker Terry is a member of the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared team and is most notably credited for the voice of Duck Guy. He is also a co-writer of the series.
Taylor Tunes
Taylor Tunes is known for I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017), Green Room (2015) and Remember Me (2009).
Chris Everett
Cast · Known for Sleepwalker
Chris Everett is known for Don't Look Up (2021), About Fate (2022) and The Good House (2021).
Ryan Windish
Ryan is known for such TV shows as Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23, You're the Worst, and films like The Lost Episode and What Happens Next. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Ryan worked locally as well as in New York City where he developed his love for the art. He has since moved to the west coast where he now resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Joseph Pelling
Joseph Pelling is a writer and composer most known for the "Don't hug me I'm scared" web series.
Tim Browse
Tim Browse is known for Starship Titanic (1998) and Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005).
Aasia LaShay Bullock
Aasia Lashay is from Dallas, Texas and don’t you ever forget that. Her most recent credits include Soul Brother, Where Art Thou? (u/s), Second City’s Life Hacks, Apes of Wrath (u/s), Depraved New World (u/s), and her online series Solving Black People Problems the White People Way. She’d like to thank God, Dewayne Perkins, and Future Hendrix.
Frank Ridley
Frank Ridley is known for The Box (2009), Don't Look Up (2021) and Edge of Darkness (2010).
John Higgins
Cast · Known for A Man Called Otto
John Higgins is an American writer and comedian part of the sketch comedy trio Please Don't Destroy (alongside Martin Herlihy and Ben Marshall). In 2021, for season 47, the trio was hired to write on Saturday Night Live.