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Jon Vellante

Jon Vellante is a Boston-based theater, film & TV actor. Recent area credits include Fairview (Speakeasy Stage Company); Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Julia (HBO Max); Romeo & Juliet (Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare); Listen to Sipu (New Repertory Theatre); and the short film Automate (winner, best actor - London Shorts). Jon proudly worked as an actor with IBIS Consulting in partnership with Google as part of the organization's diversity and equity training. Love to Amy & Nora.

Jennifer Autry

Jennifer Autry is an actress, known for Fateful Findings (2013), After Romeo & Juliet (2012) and Dragon Day (2013).

Doireann May White

Doireann is a graduate of the RADA BA in Acting. She recently appeared in the Rose Theatre productions of ROMEO & JULIET and RICHARD III. Prior to this she understudied the role of Mairead in a highly successful West End run of Martin McDonagh's THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE alongside Aidan Turner and directed by Michael Grandage at the Wyndhams Theatre. Other recent theatre roles include Ciara in Erica Murray's THE CAT'S MOTHER directed by Jackie Fisher for Wildcard Theatre, Miss Prism in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and Jane Bennett in PRIDE & PREJUDICE directed by Nona Shepphard for Classic Cuts, Vicky in CHRISTMAS AT MILDRED'S directed by Rosie Jones for Dollygrip Productions, Olive Day in Mark O'Rowe's CRESTFALL directed by Sara Joyce for Whispering Beasts, Mari in THE SWEETHEARTS directed by Daniel Burgess for the Finborough Theatre, and Sara in THERE IS NO FAILURE, ONLY FEEDBACK directed by Dan Jennings for Huntley Street. Roles in short films include the title role in MAEVE directed Alexander M. Martinez, Leah in THOSE WHO ARE LOST and the Girl in NOTHING SURROUNDED BY US directed by Sam McMullen, and Jackie in IMPACT directed by Ed Hicks. She also appeared in the role of Ciara in web series STALLING, directed by Bryan Moriarty and as Hazel in the RTE Storyland web series STUDENT/TEACHER, directed by Giles Brody. Doireann is based in London.

Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright. Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash". Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor. Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination. Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End. As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia (1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.

Jay Saighal

Jay trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2014. Theatre includes: Great British Bake Off – The Musical (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham); Hedda Gabler (Sherman Theatre); Romeo and Juliet; Richard III (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre); Guards at the Taj (Singapore Repertory Theatre); The Cardinal (Southwark Playhouse); Ross (Chichester Festival Theatre); As You Like It; Macbeth; Romeo & Juliet (National Theatre); Imperium Part 1; Imperium Part II; Othello; The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company); Aladdin (Stephen Joseph Theatre). TV includes: Our House; Casualty; Vera; Ackley Bridge; The Split; Spotless.

Gabby Beans

Cast · Known for Disclosure Day

Gabby Beans is an American actress, writer, and producer. She studied acting at Columbia University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She has received an Obie Award and a Lucille Lortel Award, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. She made her Broadway debut acting in a revival of the Thorton Wilder play "The Skin of Our Teeth" (2022) for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway playing the dual role of Mercutio and Friar in a revival of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo + Juliet" (2024). On screen, she made her feature film acting debut in the horror film "The Harbinger" (2022), followed by supporting roles in "Honey Don't!'" (2025) and Steven Spielberg's upcoming 2026 science fiction film.

Paul Rudd

Cast · Known for Ant-Man and the Wasp, Anaconda, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rudd appeared in the films Clueless (1995), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), I Love You, Man (2009), and This Is 40 (2012). He has played the superhero Scott Lang / Ant-Man in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Ant-Man (2015) to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He played Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends (2002–2004) as Mike Hannigan, and has featured as a guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021). He featured in the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Paul Sorvino

Cast · Known for GoodFellas, Romeo + Juliet

Paul Anthony Sorvino (April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, opera singer, writer, and sculptor. He often portrayed authority figures on both sides of the law and was known for his roles as Paulie Cicero (based on Paul Vario) in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He took on supporting roles in A Touch of Class, Reds, The Rocketeer, Nixon, and Romeo + Juliet. He was the father of actors Mira Sorvino and Michael Sorvino.

Claire Danes

Cast · Known for Homeland, Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. She is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015. Danes gained early recognition as Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life. The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women (1994). Her other films include Home for the Holidays (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Brokedown Palace (1999), the 1999 English dub of Princess Mononoke (1997), The Hours (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Shopgirl (2005), Stardust (2007), and A Kid Like Jake (2018). From 1998 to 2000, Danes attended Yale University before dropping out to return to acting. She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 revival of Pygmalion. In 2010, she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO television film Temple Grandin, which won her a second Golden Globe and her first Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. From 2011 to 2020, she starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series Homeland, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.

Brian Dennehy

Cast · Known for First Blood, Ratatouille, Romeo + Juliet

Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. His breakthrough film role was as the overzealous sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). Typically a character actor, Dennehy displayed versatility in varying and often complex roles ranging from villainous (such as a corrupt sheriff in the 1985 western Silverado) to virtuous (such as a benevolent alien leader in Cocoon, also released in 1985). Other notable films featuring Dennehy include Gorky Park (1983), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Legal Eagles (1986), F/X (1986), Tommy Boy (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Ratatouille (2007). A prominent figure in the theater world (especially in Chicago), Dennehy won two Tony Awards for Best Lead Actor, for Death of a Salesman (1999) and Long Day's Journey into Night (2003). He starred in numerous television films and miniseries, garnering six Emmy Award nominations, and had memorable supporting and guest roles in many series including Just Shoot Me, The Good Wife, and The Blacklist.

Harold Perrineau

Cast · Known for FROM, Oz, The Matrix Revolutions

Harold Perrineau (born August 7, 1963) is an American actor known for the roles of Michael Dawson in  the U.S. television series Lost, Link in The Matrix films and games, Augustus Hill in the American  television series Oz, and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. He recently starred in ABC's  comedy-drama television series The Unusuals, playing NYPD homicide detective Leo Banks.

Vincent Laresca

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Vincent Laresca (born January 21, 1974) is an American actor. Laresca first appeared in film in 1992, in the movie Juice as Radames. Since then, he has appeared in many popular films, including The Devil's Advocate, The Aviator, Empire, Coach Carter, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. In 1997, he had a supporting role in the short-lived Fox ensemble drama 413 Hope St. He has also had major supporting roles on 24, CSI: Miami and Weeds.

Zak Orth

Cast · Known for Romeo + Juliet

Zak Orth (born October 15, 1970) is an American comedic actor known for his roles in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Melinda and Melinda, In and Out, and Music and Lyrics. He also appeared as a man haunted by psychic visions named Roy in an episode of the Fox series Fringe. Orth was born Adam Zachary Orth in Libertyville, Illinois, the son of Jane, a piano teacher, and Robert Orth, an opera singer. He is good friends with the members of the comedy group Stella and has appeared in many of their short films, as well as their 2005 TV Series. He is also known for his brief role in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet playing the character Gregory. He is scheduled to be in the upcoming film Vamps with Alicia Sliverstone. He is also one half of The Doilies, a comedic musical group, with Michael Showalter.

Ed Westwick

Cast · Known for Sandokan, Gossip Girl

Edward Jack Peter Westwick (born 27 June 1987) is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW's Gossip Girl as well as Vincent Swan in the TV series White Gold. He made his feature film debut in Children of Men (2006) and has since appeared in the films Breaking and Entering (2006), Son of Rambow (2007), S. Darko (2009), Chalet Girl (2011), J. Edgar (2011), Romeo & Juliet (2013), Bone in the Throat (2015), Freaks of Nature (2015), Billionaire Ransom (2016), and Me You Madness (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Westwick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sonny Valicenti

Cast · Known for MINDHUNTER

Actor Sonny Valicenti is set to return in the second season of David Fincher's thrilling drama series "Mindhunter." in 2017, Valicenti appeared in Steven Spielberg's "The Post," starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. He was featured in a supporting role in the 2016 holiday comedy Office Christmas Party with Jason Bateman. The part was created specifically for Valicenti by directors Will Speck & Josh Gordon after the duo met him on the set of an Apple campaign shoot. Sonny's television work spans several beloved TV series including Tig Notaro's "One Mississippi" for Amazon, "Lady Dynamite" on Netflix, and the FX comedy, "You're the Worst." In 2015, Final Scene, the short film he wrote, directed and starred in about the break up of comedy duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis appeared at the Austin Film Festival and Dances with Films. Valicenti has appeared off Broadway in productions of Romeo & Juliet, Henry V, and The Spy. Regional credits include the Public Theater production of The Institute of Memory, Abacus, presented at BAM as part of their Next Wave Festival, The Children for the Theatre at Boston Court (a performance the LA Times called "beyond praise") and The Firebird with the LA Philharmonic. Originally from Barrington, IL, Sonny caught the acting bug in high school and went on to receive a BFA in acting from California Institute of the Arts. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Jesse Bradford

Cast · Known for Romeo + Juliet

Jesse Bradford Watrouse (born May 28, 1979), known professionally as Jesse Bradford, is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor at the age of five and received two Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film nominations for his performances in King of the Hill in 1993 and Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog in 1995. Subsequently, he has had several notable roles in motion pictures, including Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Bring It On (2000), playing the romantic interest. In 2002, he appeared as the lead in two films — Clockstoppers and Swimfan. He also had a minor role as White House intern Ryan Pierce for nine episodes during the fifth season of The West Wing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Bradford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

J. Michael Trautmann

Trautmann was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents, John and Marian, had to compromise on his name. They did this by putting his first initial in front of his official middle name, therefore calling him J. Michael. During his time in school, he was the class clown. In his freshman year of high school, Trautmann was urged to try out for the school's production of Romeo & Juliet. He landed the titular role, which sparked an interest in acting. After graduation, Trautmann attended the University of Arizona and was accepted as a BFA actor in the prestigious Arizona Repertory Theatre. There, he portrayed the role of Eugene Jerome in the Neil Simon Trilogy of Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound. During his sophomore year in college, Trautmann was spotted performing in an improv comedy troupe by a talent agent and was asked to audition for his first film Earnie. He has started a formal acting career since.

Casper Andreas

Casper Andreas is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer based in New York City. As an actor, he has guest starred on "Hawaii Five-0" and the Hulu series "Deadbeat" and most recently co-starred on the new TV series "Lethal Weapon". Film roles include "I Dream Too Much", "Hitch", Little Children", and "Celebrity". He has also appeared in many of his own films -- a few times in starring roles and more often in supporting roles. On stage, Casper has played both Hamlet in "Hamlet", and Romeo in "Romeo & Juliet". Casper is also a filmmaker who got his start in 2003 when he wrote, directed, and produced the short drama "Mormor's Visit" as well as his first feature, the romantic comedy "Slutty Summer". In the years that followed, Casper produced and directed another five feature films (four of which he also wrote): "A Four Letter Word" (2007),"Between Love & Goodbye" (2008), "The Big Gay Musical" (2009), "Violet Tendencies" (2010), and "Going Down in LA-LA Land" (2011), "Kiss Me Kill Me" and the Brooklyn-based dramedy "Flatbush Luck" (2015). He directed his first Swedish film in the early 2013, a short drama titled "Ett Sista Farväl" ("A Last Farewell"), from his own script. Casper runs the production and distribution company Embrem Entertainment and has several new projects in development both as a producer and as a director.

Toya Turner

Cast · Known for Chicago P.D.

Toya Turner is a Jamaican-American, who grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She is a proud student of the British American Drama Academy (BADA) at Oxford University. Toya has honed her acting skills in Shakespearean classics including Olivia in Twelfth Night, Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet and Alonzo in The Tempest. She also developed a voiceover career with major brands such as McDonalds, Dove, Auto Zone, Walmart and Coca-Cola just to name a few. Toya's first job on camera was working with Rosie O'Donnell & Ruby Dee in Sony Pictures Lifetime Movie America. She continued to build experience by starring in several independent films and then returned to television and showed off her improv skills on NBC's hit show "Chicago Fire" & Netflix’s "Easy". Since finishing her program at BADA she has had huge success as a principal in several commercials. One being for McDonald's Super Bowl commercial campaign "Pay With Lovin'", where she was also made into a famous meme.

Jamie Kennedy

Cast · Known for Ghost Whisperer, Scream, Scream 3

James Harvey Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is an American actor, screenwriter, stand-up comedian and television producer. He has played Randy Meeks in the Scream franchise (1996–2000) and a multitude of characters in The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002–2004) on The WB. His other film roles include Romeo + Juliet (1996), Bowfinger (1999), Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), Finding Bliss (2009), and Good Deeds (2012). He has starred in the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010), provided voice-work for The Cleveland Show (2009–2013) and regularly tours as a stand-up comedian and podcaster. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Kennedy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Rachel Zegler

Cast · Known for Snow White, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Rachel Anne Zegler (born May 3, 2001) is an American actress and singer. She made her film debut as María in Steven Spielberg’s musical adaptation West Side Story (2021). She later starred as Anthea in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), Lucy Gray Baird in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), and the titular character in Snow White (2025). In 2024, she made her Broadway theatre debut as Juliet in a revival of Romeo + Juliet.

Pete Postlethwaite

Cast · Known for Screen Two, The Usual Suspects, Inception

Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE (February 7, 1946 – January 2, 2011) was an English stage, film and television actor. After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr. Kobayashi, in The Usual Suspects, and he appeared in Alien 3, In the Name of the Father, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, The Age of Stupid, Inception, The Town, Romeo + Juliet, and Æon Flux. In television, Postlethwaite's most notable performance was as the villain Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in the Sharpe television series and television movies opposite actor Sean Bean's character of Richard Sharpe. Postlethwaite was born in Warrington, England in 1946. He trained as a teacher and taught drama before training as an actor. Steven Spielberg called Postlethwaite "the best actor in the world" after working with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role in In the Name of the Father in 1993, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year's Honours List. He died of pancreatic cancer.

Jonathan Mason

Jonathan Mason is a classically trained actor, receiving a Master's with Distinction from the UK's prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). Born in Toronto, he moved with his family to Vancouver Island while still a young child. There, he earned a theatre degree from the University of Victoria before moving to London, England. Now based in Toronto, he has performed on stages in the UK and North America in both contemporary and classical works, most notably at the world-renowned Stratford Festival, where he spent five seasons in roles such as Romeo in Romeo & Juliet (receiving a nomination for best performance by Broadway World), Valentino in Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream. On screen, Jonathan has appeared in series such as Wildcards (CW), the Indigenous comedy Olli and Emma (Apple TV), The Flash (CW), as well as indie films Cascadia and Fragile Seeds. Jonathan has also been actively involved in directing and producing live theatre in VR for the Stratford Festival, combining the power of live performance with XR and Virtual Reality.

Janaya Stephens

Janaya Lynn Stephens (born March 17, 1974, in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress raised in a small southwestern Ontario town. She excelled in sports in high school, played varsity basketball at Laurentian University where she also studied English and drama (starring as Juliet in a production of Romeo & Juliet), and later trained at the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. She made her screen debut in 1996 on Lexx and Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997). Her most notable film credits include Chloe Steele in the Left Behind trilogy (Left Behind: The Movie 2000, Left Behind II: Tribulation Force 2002, Left Behind: World at War 2005), Alison Pratt in The Lookout (2007, directed by Scott Frank, with Matthew McConaughey), Suzy in Death Race (2008, with Jason Statham), Pilla in Strange But True (2019), and Grace's Mom in Whistle (2026, directed by Corin Hardy). On television she is best known as Sophie Lane in Flashpoint (2008–2012, 16 episodes, CTV), Marie Osmond in Inside the Osmonds (2001, ABC), Faye Byrne in The Killer Is Calling (2025, Lifetime), Erin Smythe in Fall Into Winter (2023, Hallmark), and Rose in Run the Burbs (2022–present, CBC), with additional credits in Quantico (2015, 4 episodes), The Strain (2014), Designated Survivor (2017), Suits (2019), Murdoch Mysteries (2019), and Hudson & Rex (2022).