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Lukas Sperber

Lukas Sperber is an actor, known for Faking Hitler (2022), Fireman Sam (1987) and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996).

Mark Ricci

Mark Ricci is an actor, comedian, and influencer who has been featured on Forbes, Spoiler Magazine, TheHollywodFix, and countless television shows and commercials worldwide. His YouTube channels Movie Man Mark, and the Six Side Studios channel which he produces for, have a combined total of over 400,000 subscribers and over 150 million views. His TV credits include Prime Video's spin-off of their most popular show, "The Boys," entitled Gen V, Discovery channel shows Fear Thy Neighbor, Web of Lies, If I Should Die, Netflix's Fireman Sam and the film Fireman Sam: Set for Action which grossed 2 million in a theatrical run, as well as the Warner Bros. animated series Super Wish. He was the first teenager in the history of streaming to launch a stand up special, which landed on Amazon Prime Video. His commercial credits include Beyblade Burst, (worldwide) Zelle, (national) Little Potato Company, and more.

Christopher Gurr

Christopher Gurr [he/him/his] is an American actor and director known for playing a vast range of roles on Broadway and in theaters across the United States (as well as the more readily accessible reaches of Canada). He was born in the Deep South, educated in the Midwest, ripened by the sun and sea of California and matured in the mountains of Appalachia before making his home in New York City. Gurr starred as Bustopher Jones and Gus (“the cat at the theatre door”) in the Broadway revival of Cats at the Neil Simon Theatre. In that same theater, he made his Broadway debut playing Senator Strom Thurmond opposite Byran Cranston’s LBJ in the Tony Award-winning play, All The Way. Between that notorious Dixiecrat and cats both fat and thin, Gurr has been seen on Broadway as, among other things, a villainous fop and a hard-nosed sea captain (Amazing Grace), a factory owner and his fastidious foreman (two different stints in Kinky Boots), and a very, very strange man in a yellow suit (Tuck Everlasting). Recent Off-Broadway and regional productions featured Gurr in Marie, Dancing Still at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, the world premiere of The Sting opposite Harry Connick, Jr. at The Paper Mill Playhouse, Titanic and Oklahoma! at Pittsburgh’s Civic Light Opera, and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at Classic Stage Company in New York City opposite Raúl Esparza. Gurr made his commercial theatre debut in the first national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot. Sometimes as Mrs. Galahad and Sir Bedevere, sometimes as King Arthur, he performed all over North America for the better part of four years. His next first national tour found Gurr playing seven different types of mean white cracker in the Tony Award-winning musical, Memphis. Gurr’s other roles include Hitler (History of War), Heisenberg (Copenhagen), Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry (Getting The Band Back Together), Uncle Ernie (The Who’s Tommy), Ali Hakim (Oklahoma!), Aldolpho (The Drowsy Chaperone), Geoffrey (The Lion In Winter), and Rutledge (1776). His directing projects include productions of Nine, Camelot, Heartbreak House, Into The Woods, Die Fledermaus, Billy Bishop Goes To War, Wesley Middleton’s Tomato Plant Girl, James Still’s Meet Me Incognito, the world premiere of José Cruz Gonzáles’ Earth Songs, and Guys & Dolls: In Concert with Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and staged readings of many, many new plays and musicals. Gurr has served as artistic associate with Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, The Theatre Building in Chicago, and Metro Theater Company in St. Louis. He has taught with and designed curriculum for the internationally recognized education department of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He graduated from and has served as guest director and faculty member at Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre & Dance in St. Louis. Gurr’s voiceover work has included distressed dads, buttoned-up bankers, Boston Brahmins, and backwoods bloviators, to name a few.

Jack Starrett

Cast · Known for First Blood, Knight Rider

Jack Starrett (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. He is credited as Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr. in some of his films. Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of Gabby Hayes, in the 1974 classic parody film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal deputy Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood. He also played the cruel foreman Swick in The River. Starrett was often typecast as a tough-talking police officer and played essentially the same character in a trio of biker films: The Born Losers (the film that introduced Billy Jack), Hells Angels on Wheels (both from 1967), and Angels from Hell (1968). He acted in another biker film, Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and directed two more: Run, Angel, Run in 1969 and Nam's Angels (1970). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Starrett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Peter Ellis

Peter Ellis (born 30 May 1936) is an English actor. Ellis has worked extensively in theatre and television both as an actor and director. He spent four seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as spending five years at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, and three years with the Old Vic Company which included playing Benvolio in Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 and later Rosencrantz in a world tour of Hamlet starring Derek Jacobi. He also played Guildenstern in Hamlet on the site of the new Globe Theatre. In the West End he appeared in The Tulip Tree and in Ray Cooney's Funny Money. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow in the long running ITV drama The Bill. Has also appeared as a semi-regular in Emmerdale Farm and Coronation Street. Other series include Sam Lyttons Diary, Edward and Mrs Simpson, The XYY Man, Nolan, The Les Dawson Show, Victoria Wood's play Talent for Granada and Acorn Antiques for BBC TV. He appeared in the David Mercer television play In Two Minds (1967), a work which was directed by Ken Loach. Ellis also appeared as a Jury Foreman in Granada Television’s daytime legal drama series Crown Court, the case of Regina v Vennings & Vennings. In 1981 Ellis appeared as a police officer in Trafalgar Square in the horror film An American Werewolf in London. In 1983, he appeared in the play Trafford Tanzi, starring Toyah Willcox, at the Mermaid Theatre in London. Ellis was a regular cast member of The Bill from the first series in 1984 until 2000 when he left the series. His last episode was written by his son Hugh Ellis who went on to write the award-winning feature Summer starring Robert Carlyle. However he did return to The Bill in 2002 for a guest appearance. He also appeared in Hugh's film The Mortician's Tea Party playing Jed. Ellis played the title role in The Mikado, Carl Rosa's opera tour of Australia. Ellis played Mr Bennet opposite Susan Hampshire in Bath Theatre tour of Pride and Prejudice, Sorin in the Bristol Old Vic production of The Seagull. More recently Ellis directed his wife Anita Parry in the comedy drama What Would Helen Mirren Do? for the Edinburgh Festival 2010. In 2011 he played Adam/Corin in Shakespeare's As You Like It at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Ellis has also appeared in Hindle Wakes at the Finbourgh Theatre In 2018, Ellis starred in For King & Country at the Southwark Playhouse.

Craig Robinson

Cast · Known for The Bad Guys 2, Toy Story 5, Shrek Forever After

**Craig Phillip Robinson** (born October 25, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and producer. Celebrated for his smooth deadpan delivery, sharp improvisational timing, and deep musical sensibilities, he achieved worldwide fame for his portrayal of warehouse foreman Darryl Philbin on the acclaimed NBC mockumentary series *The Office* (2005 to 2013). Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Robinson was introduced to music early by his mother, a music teacher. He attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and earned a Bachelor of Music from Illinois State University, followed by a Master of Education from Saint Xavier University. Before pursuing professional show business, he worked as an elementary and middle school music teacher in Chicago and Indiana. While teaching, he began performing stand-up comedy and studying improvisation at The Second City in Chicago, eventually transitioning into television appearances on programs like *Def Comedy Jam* and *Jimmy Kimmel Live*. Robinson got his breakthrough in 2005 when he was cast on *The Office*. Originally introduced in the first season as a recurring character overseeing Dunder Mifflin's warehouse operations, Darryl Philbin quickly grew into a central fan favorite. His cool demeanor, musical numbers, and dry banter with Michael Scott led to Robinson being promoted to the main cast in the fourth season, staying with the show through its finale. Alongside the ensemble, he earned multiple Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Parallel to his television success, Robinson became a staple in contemporary American comedy cinema, often collaborating with Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen. He delivered standout performances in films such as *Knocked Up* (2007), *Pineapple Express* (2008), *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* (2008), *Hot Tub Time Machine* (2010), and *This Is the End* (2013). Beyond comedy, he proved his dramatic capabilities as saxophone legend Maceo Parker in the James Brown biopic *Get On Up* (2014) and won critical acclaim for the indie drama *Morris from America* (2016), earning a Sundance Special Jury Award and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Robinson has also remained a regular fixture across television and voice acting. He gained widespread adoration for his recurring role as Doug Judy, also known as the Pontiac Bandit, on *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, sharing dynamic comedic chemistry with Andy Samberg. He starred in the supernatural sitcom *Ghosted* (2017 to 2018) and headlined the Peacock satirical comedy series *Killing It* (2022 to present). His voice work includes animated roles in *Shrek Forever After* (2010), *Sausage Party* (2016), and *The Bad Guys* (2022) as Mr. Shark. Robinson frequently integrates live music into his routines, fronting his funk-soul band The Nasty Delicious and cementing his place as one of the most versatile comedic performers of his era.

Tor Clark

Tor Clark is a British stage, film, and television actress who trained at the Rose Bruford School of Speech & Drama, where she obtained a degree in Acting. After graduating she studied mask with Trestle Theatre Company and performed in their international tours. She is represented by Actual Talent and stands at 1.65 m. On stage she has performed in productions of Shakers, Ivanov (as Sara), Twelfth Night, Blood and Roses, Art of War, Pygmalion, To Kill a Mockingbird, Speaking in Tongues, An Ideal Husband, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Saving Jason. She is best known for Sarah (Support Group) in I May Destroy You (2020), Jury Foreman in Des (2020, with David Tennant), and Senior Technician in Humans (2015, 7 episodes). She won the Best Actress Award at the Barcelona Independent Film Festival (2022) for Asylum (2022, as Martha Seagate). Her filmography includes the Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018), Intrigo: Samaria (2019), and Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019) trilogy (all as Doris, with Ben Kingsley and Gemma Chan), Responsible Child (2019, as Jury Forewoman, with Billy Barratt), The Suspect (2022, as Margaret, with Aidan Turner), Urban Myths (2018, as Angela the Receptionist), Casualty (2017, as Stella Loates), Holby City, The Bill, Hustle (2010, as Daycare Nurse), Doctor Who (2011, as Female Teacher in Let's Kill Hitler), Not Going Out (2014, as Joanne), Doctors (2021, as Eileen Lumsden), and Coronation Street (2024–2025, as Moya Wadsworth).

Eden Estrella

Cast · Known for The Fate of the Furious

Eden Estrella is an American actress born on March 30, 2004 and lives in the Los Angeles area with her parents and two siblings. Her breakout role in Furious 7 (2015) as the sassy, young daughter of Agent Luke Hobbs, played by Dwayne Johnson shows that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as she confronts the charismatic, but imposing figure of Dominic Torretto, played by Vin Diesel. She reprises the role as Samantha Hobbs in The Fate of the Furious (2017). From her mother's side, Eden's Filipina heritage is mixed with Spanish and Portuguese. From her father's side, Eden has Irish, German, British, French and Scottish ancestry, with Eden's European lineage tracing back to the Salisbury's and notably, the O'Baoigheallains; as epitomized in O'Dugals 14th century poem of the "blue-eyed, bold kings of Dartry!' Eden began her acting career in 2013. She is represented by agent, Robin Nassif of Media Artists Group and manager, Tina Treadwell of Treadwell Entertainment Group and attorney Steve Younger of 'Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg Light [us]'. Eden is a GATE honors student taking up ballet, jazz, acting and singing lessons. In her spare time, Eden loves to draw anime, read and write and has self-published short stories and poetry on Wattpad.

Michael Mulheren

Michael Mulheren (born May 29, 1957, in Middletown, New Jersey) is an American actor, 6′ 2″ (188 cm) tall, who grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey, as the youngest of six children in an Irish Catholic family. He attended Red Bank Catholic High School (1975) and the University of Kentucky, where he studied history and political science. He made his Broadway debut in On the Waterfront (1995) and earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for the Second Man in the 1999 revival of Kiss Me, Kate, with additional Broadway credits in The Titanic, The Boy from Oz, La Cage aux Folles, Spider-Man, and Looped. He is a SAG-AFTRA member, married to Amanda, and has two children, Conor and Fiona. His most notable film credits include Fred Business in Johnny Suede (1991, with Brad Pitt), Foreman in Faithful (1996, with Cher), Cop in Elevator in Bringing Out the Dead (1999, directed by Scorsese), Herb Coopersmith in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001, directed by Woody Allen), AC Craney in Invincible (2006, with Samuel L. Jackson), Carvin "Big Buster" Waggle in The Ten (2007, with Jessica Alba), Eddie in Fool's Gold (2008, with George Clooney and Kate Hudson), Judge McFate in Miranda's Victim (2023, with Abigail Breslin), and Eddie in Which Brings Me to You (2024). On television he is best known as George Sibley in Salem (2014, WGN America), Chief Perolli in Rescue Me (2004, 4 episodes, HBO), Jim Harper in Royal Pains (2009, 6 episodes), Captain Lynch in Person of Interest (2011, 3 episodes), Edward Nelson in Daredevil (2015, 3 episodes, Netflix), and Frederick Sinclair in Fallout (2024, Prime Video), with over 20 episodes across the Law & Order franchise in which he played the same character — Judge Sheldon Taylor — on three different series. He also voiced Bob Crawford Sr. in Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018).

Claude Berri

Producer · Known for Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, The Lover

Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor. Berri was a leading figure of the French film industry both a director and as a producer. Following a short film that won an Academy Award, Berri achieved success with his first feature film, The Two of Us (1967). He then had a varied career, producing and distributing both mainstream and avant-garde films. During the 1970s, Berri's films as a director were mostly comedies but he later found increased success with several high-profile literary adaptations. In 1986, his two-part film Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring won public and critical acclaim, becoming his best-known work. He next directed Uranus (1990) and most notably Germinal (1993). In 1997, he directed the historical biopic Lucie Aubrac. Directors whose films were produced by Berri include Roman Polanski, Jacques Demy, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Claude Sautet, Miloš Forman, Claude Zidi, Jacques Rivette, Patrice Chéreau, Alain Chabat, Abdellatif Kechiche and Dany Boon. Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from Poland. In 1943, during the Nazi occupation of France, Berri's parents entrusted him for his safety to a family in the countryside. He spent the rest of the occupation being fostered by "an antisemitic couple" who were unaware that he was Jewish. His sister, screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann, was born after the war. Berri's original vocation was to be an actor. He began a career in the early 1950s but struggled to find roles, which prompted him to turn to directing and eventually producing. In 1965, he gained notice for The Chicken, which won the Award for best short film at the 38th Academy Awards. In 1967, Berri directed The Two of Us (Le Vieil homme et l'enfant), a partially autobiographical film that told the story of a Jewish child, entrusted during World War II to a benevolent and antisemitic old farmer who remains unaware that the boy he is caring for is a Jew. The film was a great success in France and abroad. Berri also adapted the story into a novel, released the same year as the film. During the years that followed, Berri became active as a producer and film distributor while continuing to direct his own films. Also in 1967, with his associate (later brother-in-law) Jean-Pierre Rassam, Berri bought the international distribution rights for Miloš Forman's The Firemen's Ball which was a great success and was nominated to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Berri's company, Renn Productions, which he had founded to produce The Two of Us, gradually became a major player in the French film industry. ... Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Richard Walsh

Richard Francis Evelyn Walsh is an English actor, best known for playing fireman Bert "Sicknote" Quigley in the long-running ITV drama series London's Burning from 1986 to 2000. He has also appeared in other well-known British television shows, including Midsomer Murders, Doctors and Heartbeat.

Sean Biggerstaff

Cast · Known for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

S​ean Biggerstaff was born on March 15, 1983 to a fireman and a community education worker. He joined a local drama group and he acted as "Augustus Gloop" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". After that, for six years, he joined the Scottish Youth Theatre. It was there he got his big break when Alan Rickman asked him be Tom in The Winter Guest (1997). That appearance led to the role of Oliver Wood in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).

Michael Wagemann

Michael Wagemann is an Actor known for Prisoner of Love (2022), Walker (2021) and College Professor Obsession (2021). Michael is also a former fireman in the DFW Metro area for 12 years

John McCafferty

Composer · Known for Cavegirl

John McCafferty is an actor and writer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the USA to American parents. He is raised as Slovak Catholic. His father was a fireman with too many jobs to keep his family financially well. He was a workaholic, used to keep himself busy with work and spared very less time with his family. His mother, who was a look-alike of Hedy Lamar with glasses, was a supple woman with great childlike character and energy. She was a fortune teller. Her instinct, premonition, and dreams always seemed explicit. John has three sisters. As a child, John had very few friends and was alone most of the times; his father never had time for his games and his mother was busy telling people their fortunes. He was a curious child, while his other friends spent their time playing sports; he used to spend his time inspecting the unknown facts of publications like Stranger than Fiction, Fate, and Flying Saucers- Serious Business, Chariots of the Gods. He was always thinking about things and questioning his educators, ‘How can that be?’ John was fond of fantasy movies and TV serials as a child and watched Twilight Zone, Star Trek, One Step Beyond, and Outer Limits. He went to Catholic Grade School for his early studies and to Public High School for his higher studies. In high school, John joined drama club and took lead roles in plays. He also played drums in the R&R band. John attended Kent State University for his graduation; it is where his of lifestyle and mentality took a shift. In his freshman year, he met Vietnam vets and learned through them that Vietnam War was a complete waste of people’s life and resource. In his second year, he interchanged his major subject from theater to TV & Radio and minor subject to Photo Journalism. After graduation, John did different jobs which included Vampire Shift at WDBN Radio, Cleveland, Ohio, which he described as “the loneliest job in the world’. He also acted in local commercials and performed voice over. Later, he moved to Los Angeles leaving his family and band-mates behind and worked as a tour guide at Universal Studios. He then started acting in National Commercials and co-starring leads on TV through which he got a lead role on the NBC soap opera Texas for which he relocated to New York for three years. He has acted in many movies and TV series but his best-known works are - Texas (1980), Death row Game show (1987) and Sexual Intent (1993). He has other experiences as Spokesman, Ear prompter, Teleprompter, Voice over, TV Promos, Movie Trailers, Psychic, Palm Reader, Handwriting Analyst. (source: nettv4u.com/celebrity/english/movie-actor/john-mccafferty)

Jerome Flynn

Cast · Known for John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Game of Thrones

Jerome Patrick Flynn is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his roles as Bronn on the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers on the ITV series Soldier Soldier, Fireman Kenny 'Rambo' Baines on the pilot of London's Burning, and Bennet Drake on Ripper Street. He and his Soldier Soldier co-star Robson Green also performed as Robson & Jerome in the later half of the 1990s. They released a version of "Unchained Melody", which stayed at number 1 for 7 weeks on the UK Chart, selling more than a million copies and becoming the best-selling single of 1995. The duo had two further number 1 singles: "I Believe" and "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted". Their eponymous debut album and the follow-up Take Two both reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

Roisin Conaty

British stand up comedian and actress. In 2010, Conaty won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival for her show Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar, becoming one of only five women to receive an Edinburgh Comedy award in 30 years. On television, Conaty has starred in the Greg Davies sitcom Man Down and has written and starred in her own sitcom GameFace. She has also appeared in Ricky Gervais' Netflix series After Life. She is managed by Avalon.

Norman Ferguson

Director · Known for Pinocchio

“I was born on the East Side of New York in 1902. Played games in and out family entrances of saloon on Second Avenue until chased by bartender. Sold newspapers on Fifth Avenue at the age of ten. Had ambition to become fireman but moved across the bridge to the wide open spaces of Brooklyn and decided to be a cowboy instead. Was transferred from public school to high school in Brooklyn by mistake and much to every one’s surprise became a stenographer. But consistent misspelling forced me to draw pictures for a living. And then came Mickey Mouse, with whom I have been associated in California for the past two years.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily

James McEachin

Cast · Known for Adam-12

James McEachin was born on May 20, 1930 in Rennert, North Carolina. At the age of 18 he joined the US Armed Forces and served in the Korean War earning many medals of valor to include the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After leaving the military he spent time as a policeman and then fireman before moving to California and becoming a record producer. After a short stint in the music industry McEachin went into acting and spent many years in film and television. Not yet content he took time away from acting to become an award-winning author and maker of audio books. In 2005 McEachin was appointed as a US Army Reserve Ambassador and spends his free time speaking to soldiers, veterans and America. In late 2006 he produced the film-short Old Glory, a film short for the soldier, veteran and patriot in us all. In 2008 McEachin opened his one-man play, Above the Call; Beyond the Duty at the John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC and his since played Casa Manana, Ft. Worth, TX, Brentwood Theater, Los Angeles, CA, and Merle Reskin Theatre, Chicago, IL. McEachin is married with three grown children and resides in So Cal.

Tom Demille

Tom Demille is an American actor known primarily for his appearances in television and film during the 1990s. He is most recognized for his roles in the TV series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," where he appeared as a Klingon Officer and Klingon Warrior across four episodes from 1996 to 1997. Demille also had roles in the 1996 TV movie "Mrs. Santa Claus," playing both a vegetable vendor and an uncredited policeman, and appeared as a bombardier engineer in the action film "Broken Arrow" (1996). Additionally, he was featured as a key fireman in the 1995 film "Get Shorty." Beyond acting, Demille appeared as himself and as Frank Sinatra in the short film "Just Me and Frank" (2009). His career includes both credited and uncredited roles, reflecting a range of supporting performances in both television and cinema.

John Alford

Cast · Known for Grange Hill

The Glasgow-born actor was cast in Grange Hill after attending a London stage school from the age of nine where he studied alongside EastEnders' stars Patsy Palmer and Sid Owen. After appearing briefly in an ITV sitcom called Now and Then (1983), Alford landed the role in Grange Hill (1978) at the age of 11. But the young actor found fame too tough to handle and started drinking heavily. By the time he left the show at the age of 17 he had reportedly spent up to £80,000 on alcohol and gambling. John, most famous for his role of young fireman Billy in the hit TV series, London's Burning (1988), became an overnight pop star with reggae version of the song "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" which went into the UK charts at number 13 in 1996. In December of that year, just before he was due to appear in pantomime in Sunderland, Alford collapsed and was taken to hospital in Newcastle suffering from a rare blood disorder. In May 1999, he was jailed for nine months for supplying drugs to an undercover Journalist. After the drug charges and sentence John found TV work extremely difficult to find and became a roofer. The following year he appeared in Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001), playing the part of Deano.

Vincent Spano

Vincent M. Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor. Spano was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents. In 1976, he made his stage debut in a production of The Shadow Box at Long Wharf Theatre and Broadway. His film debut was in 1979's The Double McGuffin. He has subsequently appeared in many Hollywood films, including John Sayles's Baby, It's You and City of Hope, Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, The Rats, Over the Edge-1979 and Creator. In the 1983 family favorite The Black Stallion Returns, he played a handsome, young, Arabic rider, Raj, that returns home from university to compete in a major horse race and befriends an American boy, Alec Ramsey (played by Kelly Reno) along the way. He also starred in the Italian film Good Morning Babylon written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and the 1984 film Alphabet City. He has co-starred with Dylan and Cole Sprouse in A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper. He was most recently seen on ION network opposite Lou Diamond Phillips in Lone Rider. But mostly as his recurring role of FBI Agent Dean Porter on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since the 8th season. He starred in the 2004 TV film "Landslide (Buried Alive)" as a fireman trapped in a collapsed building with his son.

John Trejo

Cast · Known for Sicario

John Trejo is an American actor and stunt performer, 6′ 1″ (185 cm) tall, based in Arizona. His exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly confirmed in major sources. A SAG-AFTRA member since 2012, he is a former military serviceman skilled in firearms, motorcycling, stage combat, and western reenactment, and has worked as a stunt coordinator and performer across both capacities. His most notable film credits include Delta #2 in Sicario (2015, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Emily Blunt), Chiricahua IC in Only the Brave (2017, with Josh Brolin and Miles Teller), Force RECON in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016, with Tina Fey and Christopher Abbott), M3 Soldier in The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Special Forces on Roof in Transcendence (2014, with Johnny Depp and Rebecca Hall), SHU Guard in Shot Caller (2017), ADSEG Guard in Felon (2008, with Mel Gibson), and Contractor #1 in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021, with Angelina Jolie). On television he is best known as a recurring Fireman/Fire Captain in The Night Shift (2014–2016, 23 episodes), with additional credits in Stranger Things (2022), Westworld (2020), Better Call Saul (2016), Midnight, Texas (2017), The Blacklist (2017), The Girlfriend Experience (2017), Interrogation (2020), and Longmire (2012). He also performed stunts on The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Blood Father (2016), Hell or High Water (2016), and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Ernest Pintoff

Ernest Pintoff (December 15, 1931 in Watertown, Connecticut – January 12, 2002 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles) was an American film and television director, screenwriter and film producer. He won the Oscar for Best Animated Short for The Critic (1963), a satire on modern art written and narrated by Mel Brooks. Born in Watertown, Connecticut, but raised in New York City, Pintoff originally began as a jazz trumpeter who taught painting and design at Michigan State University. However, he had always shown an interest in the animation of film and began writing in 1956. His career took off in 1957, when he wrote the script for Flebus, followed by 1959 as a producer and director for the animated short film, The Violinist. Narrated by Carl Reiner, the film earned Pintoff an Oscar nomination and illustrated a promising young career in directing film ahead of him. In 1964, he won an Oscar for his direction of the 1963 film, The Critic, which was narrated by co-creator Mel Brooks and focused on a man with a grumpy voice trying to understand abstractions he observes. On television, Pintoff directed many episodes of popular television series, including Hawaii Five-O (1968), Kojak (1968), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The Dukes of Hazard (1979), Falcon Crest (1981) and Voyagers! (1982). As part of NBC's "Experiments in Television" in the late 1960s, he also directed the documentaries This Is Marshall McLuhan and This Is Sholem Aleichem. Pintoff produced and directed a number of low-budget independent films such as Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965), Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (1971) and Dynamite Chicken (1972), a film using a collection of old clips from music with appearances by John Lennon, Richard Pryor and Andy Warhol, Nel mirino del giaguaro (1979). Following his last film in 1985, Pintoff taught directing at the School of Visual Arts, American Film Institute, USC School of Cinematic Arts, California Institute of the Arts and UCLA. He received the International Animated Film Society's Winsor McCay Award for prolific lifetime contributions to animation in 1998.

Curtis Thompson

Curtis Thompson is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 1992 under the ring name Firebreaker Chip. Curtis Thompson started wrestling in 1987 in NWA. Subsequently, he wrestled in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico under a mask as a heel (White Angel) and was betrayed and unmasked by his manager Chicky Starr resulted in a feud including a cage match, in Stampede Wrestling (as the masked Archangel), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, and in Pacific Northwest Wrestling where he won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship, defeating Scotty the Body. He formed a tag team with Ricky Santana called the U.S. Males in PNW and won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship. He also wrestled briefly in 1988 as a jobber in the World Wrestling Federation, losing to the likes of The Ultimate Warrior and Bad News Brown. In 1990/1991 Thompson would use the "U.S. Male" gimmick where he wore a mailman uniform to the ring in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and South Atlantic Pro Wrestling (SAPW) in the Carolinas as a member of Robert Fuller's Stud Stable. Thompson would eventually free himself from the Stud Stable, turning face in the process at the end of 1990 while wrestling in SAPW. In 1990 he went to North Georgia Wrestling and won a match against Fabulous Fabian (aka Buff Bagwell). In 1991 he joined World Championship Wrestling. He became Firebreaker Chip and teamed with Todd Champion as The Patriots. He had the gimmick of being a fireman while teaming with Todd Champion who had the gimmick that he'd returned from Desert Storm and were billed as being from "WCW Special Forces". They feuded with the Fabulous Freebirds and won the WCW United States Tag Team Championship. They next feuded with Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers who beat them for the titles. Thompson left WCW in early 1992 and wrestled in the independent promotions and took time to participate in several bodybuilding competitions and came in top three in Mr. North Carolina bodybuilding contest. He also wrestled briefly for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid 1990s. In 1996 he became the first CWA (Texas) Heavyweight Champion defeating Scott Putski. Later in late 1999, he turned up in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic promotion in a tag team with Drake Dawson called "Triple X". Together they won the NWA World Tag Team Championship and the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship in 2000. Following the disbandment of the tag team, he wrestled in various independent circuits and won some indy heavyweight titles. He retired in 2005, married and now works for JetBlue.