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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

Laura Seay

Cast · Known for Superbad

Laura Seay is an actor, director, writer, and stand-up based in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Acting credits include Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., NCIS, NCIS: Nola, CBS's Pure Genius opposite Dermot Mulroney, Greg Mottola's Superbad, and many more. She has directed award-winning and Oscar Qualifying shorts spanning genre and tone. Her most recent venture, a dark comedy short called The Coupon, played top-tier genre festivals including Fantastic Fest, FilmQuest, and Slash International Film Festival in Vienna, earning many best-of-fest accolades. Her directorial debut, Speak, premiered at the reputed Nantucket Film Festival and received critical acclaim and awards nationally for its provocative exploration of domestic violence. Laura has also performed stand-up at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, The Duplex in New York, and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective for New York's Annual Comedy Festival.

Nick Blood

Cast · Known for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nick Blood was born on March 20, 1982 in London, England. He is an actor and director, known for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) and Babylon (2014).

Austin Lyon

Austin Bradley Lyon (born June 30, 1989) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his character on the television series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and his role in the 2015 film The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

Cameron Palatas

Cameron Palatas (born February 23, 1994) is an American actor. He is the brother of the actor Nick Palatas and Philip Palatas. He is best known for his portrayals as a younger Gideon Malick in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Kane in F the Prom.

Beth Kennedy

Beth Kennedy received the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Natalie Shaffer Award for Emerging Comic Actress. Film appearances include New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day and Georgia Rule all directed by the legendary Garry Marshall. She also appeared in the film Race to Witch Mountain as well as many independent movies. Television appearances include Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Stalker, The Bridge, Anger Management, CSI, Review with Forrest MacNeil and The Gilmore Girls among others. On stage, Beth performed in Garry Marshall's opera directing debut, The Grand Duchess, at the Los Angeles Opera as well as in numerous main stage productions with the Troubadour Theater Company at Mr. Marshall's Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California. Her theater credits include frequent appearances with the Troubadour Theater Company of which she is a producing associate. She has performed and co-produced in most of their sold-out productions. At the Getty Villa, Beth co-produced and performed in Abbamemnon, For the Birds and Oedipus the King, Mama! (Ovation Award winner for Production of a Musical). Beth can be seen in numerous national television commercials including Monopoly Millionaire National Lottery, Daisy Sour Cream, Toyota, Comcast, Chex Mix, Playstation, Walgreens and Dreyer's Ice Cream among others. She received her MFA in Theatre from California Institute of the Arts and her BA in Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University.

Jamie Harris

Cast · Known for The Prestige, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Odyssey

Tudor St. John "Jamie" Harris (born May 15, 1963) is an English actor, the son of actor Richard Harris and socialite Elizabeth Rees-Williams. He is best known for his role as The Hook-Handed Man in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Rodney in Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), and Gordon in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2015).

Julia Aks

Julia Aks is an actor and opera singer born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Combining her loves of sketch comedy, pop culture, and retro musical sensibilities, she has created a brand all her own. She rose to internet fame when her parody music video of Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ went viral, even being posted by Ariana herself. Julia’s subsequent collaboration with Todrick Hall solidified her place in the landscape as a smart, skilled creator to watch. Her uncanny Julie Andrews impression led CEO/author/YouTube-heavy-hitter Hank Green to commission Julia to produce a full music video of Daniel Matarazzo’s viral coronavirus parody song. Julia has appeared in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and was a series regular on Personal Space starring Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica). On stage, Julia has performed with LA Opera, La Mirada Theatre, Boston Court Theatre, 3D Theatricals, and the Independent Shakespeare Co. She has sung on many soundtracks, including the score for John Wick III where she was the featured vocalist.

Dylan Minnette

Cast · Known for Goosebumps, Prisoners, Scream

Dylan Christopher Minnette (born December 29, 1996) is an American actor, musician, and singer. He is known for his role as Clay Jensen in the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why. He has made guest appearances in several television series, such as Lost, Awake, Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural, Prison Break, and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He is also the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the American alternative rock band Wallows. In films, Minnette has appeared in the horror film Let Me In (2010), the thriller film Prisoners (2013), the family comedy film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), the family fantasy film Goosebumps (2015), and the horror films Don't Breathe (2016), The Open House (2018) and Scream (2022).

Paulina Lule

Paulina Lule is an American actor and filmmaker. They were born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their acting training began at the Joanne Baron/DW Brown Studio in Santa Monica where they completed a 2-year Meisner Technique Conservatory program. They then auditioned for and were accepted into the inaugural class of the Los Angeles branch of the award-winning Identity School of Acting. Since then, they have appeared in several television shows including recurring roles on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and ABC's General Hospital. They also studied film directing and screenwriting at the Academy for Creative Media at University of Hawaii-Manoa and received a Master of Fine arts from Chapman University in Orange County. Their films have played at several festivals and won awards including at the BronzeLens Festival in Atlanta and the Pan African Film festival in Los Angeles.

Ann Foley

Costume Design · Known for Godzilla vs. Kong, The Last of Us

Ann Foley is an accomplished costume designer whose work can be seen in cinematic feature films as well as episodic series. Her most recent credits include She Hulk for Disney+ (premiering August 2022), the Warner Bros./Legendary Entertainment summer 2021 blockbuster Godzilla vs. Kong, Universal Pictures’ Skyscraper starring Dwayne Johnson, and the Netflix sci-fi game-changer Altered Carbon. Foley’s unique visual style, especially in cutting-edge action, made her a superhero mainstay. As the costume designer for the first 4 seasons of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen. Her innovative and character-specific designs landed her on the “Top Costumes of the Year” list from Clothes on Film as well as a place in FIDM’s prestigious 8th & 9th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design exhibitions. Information above via their homepage.

Magnus Martens

Norwegian screenwriter and director Magnus Martens (b. 1973) is internationally recognized for his ability to deliver stylish and violent action while remaining staggeringly entertaining and savagely funny. He made his feature breakthrough with the slick comedy thriller Jackpot (2011) which he wrote and directed based on a Jo Nesbø story. Selected for the Tribeca Film Festival, the critics described Jackpot as bloody and brilliant, and applauded Martens’ deliciously dark style, favorably comparing him to Tarantino and the Coen brothers. Following his international breakthrough with Jackpot, Martens has directed multiple episodes for some of the biggest TV shows in the US, including Banshee, 12 Monkeys, Power, Marvel’s Luke Cage, Good Behavior, Longmire, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Will and Fear the Walking Dead. Most recently he directed the first two episodes of the anticipated The Walking Dead: World Beyond which premiered in October 2020. Martens’ latest film, the explosive action thriller SAS: Red Notice, starring Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose and Tom Wilkinson, premiered in March 2021 in the UK and US. In August 2021 SAS: Red Notice was released on Netflix. Furthermore, Martens is director of Furia, an original drama series created by Emmy-winner Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen, which premiered on Viaplay in September 2021.

Blair Underwood

Cast · Known for Longlegs, In Treatment, L.A. Law

Blair Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known as headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins from the NBC legal drama L.A. Law, a role he portrayed for seven years. He has gained critical acclaim throughout his career, receiving numerous Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and 1 Grammy Award. His feature film debut was the 1985 movie Krush Groove. His 1985 appearance on The Cosby Show landed him a short stint on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, which eventually led to his performance on the TV series L.A. Law, where he appeared from 1987 to 1994. Underwood broke into film with roles in Just Cause (1995), Set It Off (1996) and Deep Impact (1998). He also had a supporting role as a geneticist in the film Gattaca. In 2000, he played the lead role in the short-lived television series City of Angels. In 2003, he guest starred in four episodes on the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixon's love interest. In 2004, he played the role of Roger De Souza opposite Heather Locklear in NBC's LAX. He gained acclaim as the sexy grade school teacher in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus for two years. In 2007, he guest starred in an episode of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His also had a role as recurring character Alex in the HBO series In Treatment. Also in 2007, Underwood co-authored the novel Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel with husband-and-wife team Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. He's also had recurring roles on Dirty Sexy Money, NBC's The Event, Ironside, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Quantico. He has received three NAACP Image Awards, for his film work in Rules of Engagement, and his television work in L.A. Law, City of Angels, Murder in Mississippi and Mama Flora's Family. He was voted one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2000, and one of TV Guide's "Most Influential Faces of the 90s".

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.

Samuel L. Jackson

Cast · Known for The Beast, Kong: Skull Island, Spider-Man: Far From Home

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015). Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019). He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury; he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere on June 21, 2023. Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).

Mallory Jansen

Cast · Known for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Mallory Jansen is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for playing Aida on the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Madalena on Galavant.

Jeff Daniel Phillips

He is best known for playing a caveman in a popular series of GEICO commercials. He played the part of Maurice in the short-lived Cavemen sitcom on ABC. Other credits to him are Hide (2003), for which he was the director, producer, and co-author in addition to being a cast member; parts in Sneakers and Rob Zombie's Halloween II as Uncle Seymour, The Lords of Salem and 31; and roles in TV series Flaked, Arrest and Trial, Philly, and Profiler. He appeared in the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as David Angar, the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Angar the Screamer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Daniel Phillips licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Matt Owens

Matt Owens is an American writer, producer and showrunner born the February 14, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. He wrote the Luke Cage episodes "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?" and "Wig Out" and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire," "The Man Behind the Shield," "Together or Not at All," and "The Devil Complex." He also co-wrote the Luke Cage episode "For Pete's Sake." He was also a story editor of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes "Meet the New Boss" and "Uprising." Owens has also written several comics for Star Wars and Marvel.

Jeffrey Bell

Writer · Executive Producer · Known for Angel, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The X-Files

Jeffrey Jackson Bell is an American writer and producer best known for his work on television. He began his career writing for The X-Files, where he stayed for three seasons, then became a writer/director/producer on Angel, becoming its showrunner for the final two seasons.\n\nHe served as executive producer on the pilot episode for the V remake, his first project in a 2009-10 deal with Warner Bros. Television. From 2013 until 2020, Bell served as a co-showrunner and writer of the Marvel Television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Bell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia."

Joss Whedon

Director · Creator · Writer · Known for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Justice League, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon (/ˈwiːdən/ WEE-dən; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999–2004), the short-lived space Western Firefly (2002), the Internet musical miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), the science fiction drama Dollhouse (2009–2010), the Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Avengers (2012) and series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020), and the science fiction drama The Nevers (2021). After beginning his career in sitcoms, Whedon wrote the poorly received horror comedy film Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)—which he later adapted into the acclaimed television series of the same name—co-wrote the Pixar animated film Toy Story (1995), and wrote the science fiction horror film Alien Resurrection (1997). After achieving success as a television showrunner, Whedon returned to film to write and direct the Firefly film continuation Serenity (2005), co-write and produce the horror comedy film The Cabin in the Woods (2012), and write and direct the Shakespeare adaptation Much Ado About Nothing (2012). For the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Whedon wrote and directed the ensemble superhero film The Avengers (2012) and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). He also co-wrote the DC Extended Universe superhero film Justice League (2017), for which he also served as director for reshoots, replacing Zack Snyder (who retained directorial credit). Whedon has also worked as a composer (notably for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More, with Feeling" and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) and comic book writer, both for comic book continuations of television series he created and for established franchises, such as Astonishing X-Men. Beginning in July 2020, multiple actors, producers, and writers spoke out against Whedon following the toxic workplace environment he had allegedly created in many of his projects. Whedon has denied any wrongdoing, while acknowledging that he can be "confrontational." Description above from the Wikipedia article Joss Whedon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Paul Zbyszewski

Paul Zbyszewski is an American television writer and producer. He has worked in both capacities on the series Lost and Day Break, and he is the creator of Day Break. He also wrote the feature film After the Sunset. Zbyszewski began working in television as a writer on the game show Weakest Link. His screenplay for After the Sunset (which he co-wrote with Craig Rosenberg) was released theatrically in 2004. Zbyszewski went on to create the ABC science fiction series Day Break, where he worked as a co-executive producer and writer for the show's short run in the 2006–2007 television season. He wrote the pilot as well as the episodes "What If They Run?" and "What If She's Lying?" (with Henry Alonso Myers), "What If She's the Key?" (with Jeffrey Bell), and the series finale "What If It's Him?" (with Bell). In 2013–14 and 2014–15, Zbyszewski was executive producer or co-executive producer on all episodes of the new ABC hit drama, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Zbyszewski was a supervising producer and writer for the fifth season of Lost in 2009. He co-wrote the episodes "Jughead" (with executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff), "Namaste" (with producer Brian K. Vaughn), and "Follow the Leader" (with Sarnoff). For their work on the fifth season of Lost, Zbyszewski and his co-workers were nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for best drama series, an Emmy Award for outstanding drama series, and the Producers Guild of America Award for outstanding episodic drama. He was promoted to co-executive producer for the sixth and final season. He co-wrote three episodes with story editor Graham Roland: "Sundown," "The Package," and "The Last Recruit." In May 2019, Zbyszewski was hired as showrunner and executive producer of a Helstrom series for Hulu, based on the Marvel Comics characters Daimon and Satana Hellstrom.[ Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Zbyszewski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cobie Smulders

Cast · Known for How I Met Your Mother, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Lego Movie

Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014) and as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero franchise, starting with the film The Avengers (2012). Smulders' other films include Safe Haven (2013), The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), Results (2015), The Intervention (2016), and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016). She also starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017), the Netflix comedy series Friends from College (2017–2019), the ABC crime drama series Stumptown (2019–2020), and the FX true crime series Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021). Smulders made her theatre debut in the off-Broadway production of the Nora Ephron play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in 2010. She then made her Broadway debut in the revival of the Noël Coward comedy Present Laughter (2017), earning a Theatre World Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cobie Smulders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Dominic Rains

Cast · Known for Chicago Med

Dominic Rains (born Amin Nazemzadeh) is an Iranian-born American actor, known for his starring role as Dr. Crockett Marcel in NBC's Chicago Med. He appeared as Kasius, the main antagonist of the first part of the fifth season of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. He had a recurring role as Kahmir DeJean in the short-lived series FlashForward; as well as a starring role as Dr. Leo Julian in General Hospital and General Hospital: Night Shift.

Caleb Alexander Smith

Cast · Known for All's Fair

Caleb Alexander Smith is an actor, known for NCIS, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Modern Family, and Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. He had a major recurring role as Agent Shawn Sullivan on The Catch. He also recurred as Seth on season 1 of Station 19.