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Lie to Me

2009

The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.

Mekenna Melvin

Cast · Known for Chuck

Mekenna Melvin is an American actress best known for playing Alex McHugh in Chuck, Angela in Three Rivers and Stefanie Fife in Lie to Me. She also co-created and starred as Amber Hannold in Amber Lake, an independent film released in 2010.

Mekhi Phifer

Cast · Known for Dawn of the Dead, High Potential, Divergent

Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a regular on the Fox crime show Lie to Me portraying the role of Ben Reynolds, before season 3. He was born in in Harlem, New York City, the son of Rhoda Phifer, a high school teacher; he grew up in a single-parent household with his mother. His acting career began in 1995, when Phifer attended an open casting call for director Spike Lee’s Clockers, beating over a thousand others to get the lead role as a narcotics dealer embroiled in a murder cover-up. He followed that role with another in the comedy spoof feature High School High (which also starred his former wife Malinda Williams) and continued by co-starring in the fright flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Among Phifer’s other big-screen credits are Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, O (as the titular character Odin a.k.a. O), and the thriller Uninvited Guest (as Silk). He appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full, 8 Mile, opposite Eminem and Dawn of the Dead. Phifer has a son, Omikaye, with his ex-wife, actress Malinda Williams. His second son, Mekhi Thira Phifer Jr., was born to his girlfriend Oni Souratha in Los Angeles on October 30, 2007.

Josh Stamberg

Joshua Collins Stamberg (born January 4, 1970) is an American actor. He was a regular cast member in the Lifetime comedy-drama series Drop Dead Diva from 2009 to 2012 and later had recurring roles on Parenthood, The Affair, and WandaVision. Stamberg was born in Washington, D.C., the son of journalist Susan Stamberg and Louis C. Stamberg. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Stamberg appeared in numerous television shows, including Nashville, Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Grey's Anatomy, and Parenthood. He also appeared in the Lie to Me pilot. Stamberg appears as S.W.O.R.D. Director Tyler Hayward in the WandaVision Marvel series on Disney+. His film appearances include Fracture, Must Love Dogs, and Kate & Leopold. In 2020, Stamberg appeared as a guest on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and in the marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show. He was married to actress Myndy Crist. They have two daughters. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josh Stamberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Leo Solomon

Leo Solomon is an award-winning actor with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in acting & theater performance from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York and is a Finalist to become a Lifetime member at the world renowned The Actors Studio where he studies with Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons; a former student and protege of legendary acting teacher and founder of the Method Acting - Lee Strasberg. Leo is conversational in Dari/Farsi, Hindi, Spanish, and French. Leo and his seven brothers grew up in Minnesota and all attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with 18 degrees between them, ranging from PHDs to JDs, MDs and MBAs. Leo is also passionate about playing classical piano. Recognized notably for his recurring role as Rahim on Veep (HBO), his TV credits include Homeland, Blue Bloods, NCIS, Lie to Me and he's won several awards in various feature films under the Best Lead Actor category. Leo's recent performances on Broadway includes performing a reading of Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by award winning writer Jamil Jan Kochai at The Symphony Space, and Off-Broadway in Sex Work Sex Play by Caytha Jentis.

Alyssa Diaz

Cast · Known for The Rookie

Alyssa Diaz was born on September 7, 1985, in the city of Northridge (California), in the United States. Colombian and Mexican - American descent, Alyssa studied at Bishop Alemany High School. She began acting at the beginning of the new millennium, participating in some episodes of various series such as "CSI: Miami" and "The Brothers Garcia", "American Family". In 2005, she won the role of Celia Ortega on the popular soap opera "As the World Turns", in which she played for over 56 episodes. She later had some recurring roles, such as the Mercedes Moretta on the television series "Southland" and was a guest artist at shows, which include "The Unit", "Greek", "CSI: New York", "Three Rivers", "Lie to me" or "law & order: Los Angeles (Law & Order: Los Angeles)". Alyssa is currently working on "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" series which is broadcast by the ABC Family sign, and which plays the role of Jasmine, cousin of the protagonist Chloe King (Skyler Samuels), who discovers that she belongs to an ancient race call the Mai, and has powers similar to the of a feline, including their nine lives. Alyssa, that also filmed some short films and telefilms, participated in her first feature film in 2005, integrating the cast of the comedy "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer" starring America Ferrera. More recently filmed the horror 'Shark Night 3D' movie (2011) which co-starred along with Sara Paxton and Dustin Milligan. Her latest work for this medium was in the action movie "Red Dawn", whose filming was completed recently and which has the lead of Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, and Josh Hutcherson.

Alicia Lagano

Alicia Lagano (born March 26, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Cristina Castelli on the NBC Saturday morning series All About Us (2001) and Selena on the Lifetime television drama The Client List (2012–13). In addition to her appearance in All About Us, some of her other television acting credits include ER, Bones, Judging Amy, Without a Trace, Lie to Me, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Dexter (two episodes as Nicki Wald; 2009) and Prison Break (two episodes as Agatha Warren; 2009). In 2011, she was cast as Selena in Lifetime television drama The Client List, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Alexander Cary

Writer · Known for Homeland

Alexander Cary was born on February 1, 1963 in London, England as Lucius Alexander Plantagenet Cary. He is a producer and writer, known for Homeland (2011), Taken (2017) and Lie to Me (2009). He has been married to Jennifer Marsala since December 31, 2013. He was previously married to Linda Purl.

Noel Fisher

Cast · Known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Shameless

Noel Roeim Fisher (born March 13, 1984) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Mickey Milkovich on the Showtime series Shameless, as well as his portrayal of Cael Malloy on the FX series The Riches. He played Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Hatfields & McCoys as well as bully Troy McGinty in Max Keeble's Big Move (2001), Vladimir, a 1,500-year-old vampire in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), and Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016). Fisher has also acted in shows such as Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Lie to Me, and Bones. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Noel Fisher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Kelli Williams

Cast · Director · Known for Lie to Me, The Practice, All American

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kelli Renee Williams (born June 8, 1970, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lindsay Dole on the Legal drama The Practice and as psychologist and deception expert Dr. Gillian Foster on Lie to Me.

Sean O'Bryan

Cast · Known for The Middle

Sean Michael O'Bryan (born September 10, 1963) is an American film and television actor. He co-starred with William Ragsdale on the short-lived series Brother's Keeper. Early television work includes guest roles on television series in Married... with Children, MacGyver, Northern Exposure, Cold Case, Diagnosis: Murder, Quantum Leap, Murder, She Wrote, Chicago Hope, Roswell, Roseanne, Criminal Minds, The King of Queens and Dexter. More recent television guest star credits include CSI, Bones, Melissa & Joey, Lie to Me, Hot In Cleveland, The Mentalist, Leverage, Glee, NCIS: LA, Superstore, and 9-1-1: Lone Star. He's had recurring roles on TV series including  the sitcom Pig Sty, Six Feet Under, Abby, The Middle, and Love, Victor. He had a major recurring role as Bill Blackham on Persons Unknown. His film credits include Chaplin, Crimson Tide, Phenomenon, Exit to Eden, Out to Sea, Big Fat Liar, Deck the Halls, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Yes Man, Vantage Point, both Princess Diaries films, Playing for Keeps, Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Table 58, Mother's Day, Searching, and Rust Creek.

Tim Hunter

Director · Known for Hannibal, Twin Peaks

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tim Hunter (June 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television and film director. Since the late 1980s he has mostly worked on television, directing episodes for dozens of televisions series including Breaking Bad, Carnivàle, Chicago Hope, Crossing Jordan, Deadwood, Falcon Crest, Homicide: Life on the Street, House M.D., Law & Order, Lie to Me, Mad Men, and Twin Peaks. During the early-to-mid 1980s, Hunter directed feature films, including 1986's River's Edge, which won that year's award for best picture at the Independent Spirit Awards.

José Zúñiga

Cast · Known for Constantine, Twilight

José Zúñiga is best known for his roles in films such as Alive, Ransom, Con Air, Fresh, Crooklyn, Next Stop: Wonderland, and Twilight. He has appeared in several television shows including 24, Prison Break, Law & Order, The O.C., NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, Lie To Me, Dexter, Medium, The Event, and Scandal.

Monica Raymund

Cast · Director · Known for Lie to Me, Tony, Chicago Fire

Monica Maria Raymund (born July 26, 1986) is an American actress, director and producer. She is known for her roles as Jackie Quiñones on the Starz crime drama Hightown, Gabriela Dawson on the NBC drama Chicago Fire, Dana Lodge on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife, and Maria 'Ria' Torres on the Fox crime drama Lie to Me. She graduated from Juilliard in New York City. The character of Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda) on Chicago PD is sibling to her character of Gabriela Dawson on Chicago Fire.

David Rees Snell

Cast · Known for The Shield, S.W.A.T.

David Rees Snell (born August 20, 1966) is a television actor cast as Detective Ronnie Gardocki, on the FX Networks' crime drama The Shield. When The Shield was picked up by FX, Snell was initially hired as a supporting cast member on the show. He was told, that the writers had no plans for developing his character, due to him only being a last minute addition to an already large cast of actors. However, after merely a few episodes, his character was made a permanent member of the tactical unit aka The Strike Team. Snell has subsequentially appeared in almost every episode since, with his character garnering a sizable following amongst fans of the show. When his screen time expanded even further, during the fifth season, he became a full-time cast member. Snell is also a voice actor, who has appeared in such short films as P1 and Draw the Pirate. He also had a speaking role in the video game Need for Speed: Undercover. Back on TV, he co-starred in the 2006 Hallmark TV movie Desolation Canyon with fellow The Shield cast member Kenneth Johnson. More recently, he was cast in a recurring role as a terrorist during the fourth and final season of The Unit. Recently he could be seen guest starring on Hawthorne, Numb3rs, Lie to Me and Criminal Minds.

Sara Mornell

Sara Mornell (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress, producer, and acting coach. She is known for her recurring role as Carole Tobey on the legal drama series Judging Amy (2000-2001) and for playing Ensign Carson in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Starship Down" (Season 4). Mornell has appeared in numerous television shows including Becker, Bones, CSI: NY, Detroit 1-8-7, ER, JAG, Lie to Me, and Six Feet Under. In addition to acting, Sara is the founder of Mornell Studios and the creator of the Mornell Method, a coaching approach focused on improving actors' performances by helping them find authenticity and confidence. She has also produced and directed projects such as People Like Us (2012) and Starting from Scratch (2013). Sara originally trained in classical acting and has a passion for mentoring working actors.

Brendan Hines

Cast · Known for Lie to Me, Scorpion

Brendan Hines, born in Baltimore, Maryland, is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He has had a number of small television roles and leading roles in a handful of independent films. He currently appears as Eli Loker on Lie to Me. He previously played Andy Goode in the Terminator television series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Tyler Ford in The Middleman. He starred in Deep in the Valley in 2009.He was an early member of Bakerloo Theatre Project, in upstate NY, playing Orsino in Twelfth Night in 2003. Hines writes and performs songs, solo and with a backing band, under the name The Brendan Hines. In early 2008, he released an album of 10 original songs, "Good For You Know Who".

Ella Dershowitz

Ella Dershowitz graduated from Yale with an honors BA in theater. Her stage credits include Twelfth Night at Cape Cod's Payomet Theater and the off-Broadway production of A Splintered Soul. Her film and television credits include David Mamet's Phil Spector, Knife Fight, and Lie to Me. She is also an actress and writer. She is the daughter of lawyer and legal scholar, Alan Dershowitz.

Arvin Brown

Director · Known for Everwood, The Closer, The Practice

Arvin Brown (born May 24, 1940) is an Americantheatre and television director and was the Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut for 30 years. He was married to actress Joyce Ebert until her death in 1997. Born in Los Angeles, California, Brown made his Broadway directorial debut with a 1970 revival of Noël Coward's Hay Fever. Subsequent credits include The National Health (1974), Ah, Wilderness! (1975), Watch on the Rhine (1980), A View from the Bridge (1983), American Buffalo (1983), Open Admissions (1984), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1985), All My Sons (1987), Private Lives (1992), and The Twilight of the Golds (1993). Brown has directed for numerous television series, including multiple episodes of NCIS, Leverage, Lie to Me, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Crossing Jordan, Kevin Hill, Everwood, and The Closer, and single episodes for Picket Fences, Party of Five, Chicago Hope, Dawson's Creek, Judging Amy, Ed, Private Practice and Shark, among many others. He has made one feature film, Diary of the Dead (1976), starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hector Elizondo, and Salome Jens.

Shoshannah Stern

Cast · Known for Lie to Me, Weeds

Shoshannah Stern (botn July 3, 1980) is an American actress, writer, and director. She was born in Walnut Creek, California, into an observant Jewish and fourth-generation deaf family, the daughter of Ron Stern and Hedy Marilyn Stern (née Udkovich), and the sister of writer and artist Louise Stern and former Gallaudet Men's Basketball Coach and current political scientist Brendan Stern. Both of her grandmothers are Holocaust survivors. Her hometown is Fremont, California, where she attended the California School for the Deaf, Fremont. Stern's first language is American Sign Language. She is also able to read lips and speak English without an interpreter. She attended Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the world. She married her husband, Ricky Mitchell, on June 3, 2012, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their daughter was born in February 2015. She currently resides with him in Hollywood, California. Stern got her first regular series role as Holly Brodeen, a member of an elite government anti-terrorist task force in ABC's Threat Matrix. The role was created for her by the show's producers after a director who had worked with her on The Division recommended her. She had a recurring role as Megan Beals-Botwin in Showtime's Weeds and was also on ER, Providence, and Cold Case. She played Bonnie Richmond in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho, Eileen Leahy on the CW show Supernatural, and had a recurring role in Fox's Lie to Me. Her 2020 role on Grey's Anatomy is the first recurring deaf doctor role on a prime time television network show. In 2025, Stern made her directorial debut with Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, a documentary revolving around actress Marlee Matlin, which will have its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Karim Saleh

Karim Saleh (born March 7, 1978, in Lyon, France) is a French actor of Lebanese descent, raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and fluent in Arabic, English, and French. He trained in London, and his career was launched when Egyptian director Youssry Nassrallah introduced him to director Andy Litvack. He is currently based in the United States and also works as a director and cinematographer. His most notable film credits include Ziad Jarrah in The Hamburg Cell (2004, HBO, directed by Antonia Bird), Issa (Luttif Afif / Mohammed Massalha) in Munich (2005, directed by Steven Spielberg), the Saracen Messenger in Kingdom of Heaven (2005, directed by Ridley Scott), a Guard in Iron Man 2 (2010, directed by Jon Favreau), Karim in The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (2010), Adel in The Attack (2012, directed by Ziad Doueiri), Rafik in 45 Minutes to Ramallah (2013), a Zealot Leader in Risen (2016), Raymond Davis in The Narrow World (2017), a Translator in Vice (2018, with Christian Bale), Sultan in Luxor (2020, with Andrea Riseborough), Gene in Please Baby Please (2022), and Israeli Juliano in Yes Repeat No (2023). On television he is best known as Hussen in Transparent (2014, 3 episodes, Amazon Prime), Marcel in Counterpart (2017, Starz), Hussein Kamel in House of Saddam (2008, BBC/HBO), Joshua in The Ten Commandments (2006), Nabil Kahn in Lie to Me (2009), and Akim Al Farouk in Cellule de crise (2020, 6 episodes), with earlier credits in Highlander: The Series (1995, 1996).

Matthew Del Negro

Cast · Known for Neagley, Mayor of Kingstown

Matthew Del Negro (born August 2, 1972) is an American actor. He was born in Mount Kisco, New York as the youngest of three children. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he played Division I lacrosse. After graduating, Del Negro began to study acting, and after appearing in several minor commercials and independent films, he was cast as Brian Cammarata on The Sopranos. This has led to appearances in other TV shows, such as The West Wing, Law & Order, Stargate: Atlantis, Las Vegas, Beautiful People, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Joan of Arcadia, Eastwick, The Good Wife, The Whole Truth, Happy Endings, Rizzoli and Isles, Lie to Me, Teen Wolf, and United States of Tara. His film appearances include Chelsea Walls, Ira and Abby and Trailer Park of Terror. He has also been cast in several theater productions. He provided the voice of Ops Com in the 2011 video game SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs. Further video game work for Del Negro includes L.A. Noire and Mass Effect 3.

Jamie McBride

Cast · Known for Mercy, The Island

Jamie McBride (born James Francis McBride, April 6, 1969, in Venice, California) is an American actor and LAPD police officer, 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) tall, who has been active since 1997, making his earliest screen appearance in an episode of LAPD. He frequently portrays police officers, FBI agents, border patrol agents, and other authority figures, and is particularly noted for appearing in three Michael Bay films: The Island (2005), Transformers (2007), and Ambulance (2022). His most notable film credits include Traffic Cop #2 in Collateral (2004, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx), Laurent Team Member in The Island (2005, with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson), Bill (Border Patrol) in Babel (2006, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu), FBI Agent in Transformers (2007, with Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox), Police Officer in Otis (2008), Police Sergeant in Fix (2008), Gibson in Dirty (2016), Goon 4 in Songbird (2020), SIS Undercover (Jay) in Ambulance (2022, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Yeun Sook), and Dan Vogel in Mercy (2026). Other credits include Beauty Shop (2005), Sucker Free City (2004), 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003), Tribunal (2010), and The Death & Life of Eddy Betsco (2011). On television he has appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009, as Joey Niagra / Jack Nettles), Lie to Me (2009, as Skinhead), Castle (2015), Desperate Housewives (2006), Robbery Homicide Division (2002), and A Place Called Hollywood (2019). He has also done stunt work on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and appeared as himself on Inside Edition, Today, FOX & Friends, and LAPD: Life on the Beat.

Lee Garlington

Cast · Known for Everwood

Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. She's known for her roles as Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls, Ronnie - the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends, and a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny. She has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including The West Wing, 7th Heaven, 8 Simple Rules, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy, Will & Grace, Matlock, L.A. Law, The Practice, Quantum Leap, Home Improvement, Boston Legal, Roseanne, Get a Life, Profiler, Medium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two and a Half Men, Lie to Me and among other series. She also appeared in the sequels to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Psycho II (1983) and Psycho III (1986). She starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen in the action/thriller Cobra (1986). In Sneakers (1992), she appeared as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov, a Czechoslovakian mathematics scientist, in a scene with Robert Redford. She was originally intended to play the lead female role in Seinfeld. She was the female regular in the pilot episode, "The Seinfeld Chronicles", playing the waitress Claire at Pete's Luncheonette. When the series was picked up, however, it was decided that having the female lead be from such a different social status compared to the rest of the cast would be unworkable, so the character of Claire was dropped and replaced by Elaine Benes. In 2018, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as Darlene in Broken.