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Silicon Valley
2014
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.
Steve Wozniak
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.In 1981, he went back to UC Berkeley and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed on America’s leading innovators.In 2000, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for “single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.”After leaving Apple in 1985, Wozniak was involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students. Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, he “adopted” the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. He founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.Wozniak currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-io and is a published author with the release of his New York Times Best Selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006 by Norton Publishing. His television appearances include reality show “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” and season eight of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”.
Keye Chen
Keye Chen is an actor, known for Silicon Valley (2014), Gang Related (2014) and Cougar Town (2009).
Carrie Kemper
Writer · Known for Silicon Valley
Carrie Kemper (born March 16, 1984) is an American television writer who has written for The Office, Silicon Valley, Nathan For You, Baskets, Beef, The Curse, and The Rehearsal. She is the younger sister of actress Ellie Kemper. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carrie Kemper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
You Can See Everything
2026
Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.
Kaley Hatfield
Kaley Hatfield is known for Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), Silicon Valley (2014) and Bitch Perfect (2016).
Suzanne Cryer
Cast · Known for Silicon Valley
Suzanne Rossell Cryer (born January 13, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Ashley on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl and Laurie Bream on the HBO original series Silicon Valley. She featured in "The Yada Yada", an award-winning and fan-favorite episode of Seinfeld. She has also performed on Broadway.
Jimmy O. Yang
Cast · Known for Silicon Valley, Roofman, Minions: The Rise of Gru
Jimmy O. Yang (born June 11, 1987) is a stand-up comedian and actor. He stars as Jian-Yang on HBO's Silicon Valley (2014), Bernard Tai in the film Crazy Rich Asians and as real-life hero Dun Meng in the film Patriots Day (2016). As a stand-up, he performed on The Arsenio Hall Show and received a rare standing ovation. Jimmy can also be seen on season 9 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Charlie's dear friend Tang-See. Jimmy is fluent in three Chinese dialects: Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese.
Anna Khaja
Anna Khaja is a theatre and film actress with a Pakistani, Irish and Indian background, best known for her work in movies like "King of California" and "Yes Man" and her recurring roles in tv shows like "Silicon Valley", "True Blood", "Stitchers", and "Quantico".
Thomas Middleditch
Cast · Known for Silicon Valley, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Cat in the Hat
Thomas Steven Middleditch is a Canadian actor, comedian, and television writer, known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series Silicon Valley, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Wikipedia
Josh Brener
Cast · Known for Silicon Valley, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, DuckTales
Joshua Max Brener is an American actor. He played the roles of Kyle on the IFC series "Maron" and Nelson Big Head Bighetti on the HBO series "Silicon Valley". In animation, he provides the voices of Donatello on "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Neeku Vozo on "Star Wars Resistance" and Dylan Dalmatian on "101 Dalmatian Street."
Ari Frenkel
Ari Frenkel is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer. He also paints sometimes. Maybe you saw him in Amazon's "I'm A Virgo " or FX's "American Crime Story" or HBO's "Silicon Valley" or "Sorry, Ari," his comedy digital series which he writes and stars in. "Sorry, Ari" was named one of the Best Web Series by IndieWire, Best of the Web by Funny or Die, and has accumulated over 5 million views. Originally from New Jersey, Ari earned his BFA in Acting from Montclair State University. During his time there he won the Kennedy Center Irene Ryan Acting Competition at the National level in Washington, DC.
Jacki Gunn
Jacki Gunn was born on March 23rd, 1996 in Oxford, UK, and raised in the Silicon Valley, CA. They are an actor, comedian and writer known for Lucky Hank (2023), Woke (2020), and Motherland: Fort Salem (2021). They write and perform original comedy, and are an active mainstage ensemble member at The Improv Centre.
Cupertino
2026
A scrappy lawyer takes on a powerful tech giant in a high-stakes legal battle, navigating the cutthroat world of Silicon Valley while fighting for justice and the little guy's rights.
Michelle Lee
Cast · Known for CSI: NY, Black Widow, Venom
Michelle Charlene Lee has appeared in many films and television series such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007), Venom (2018), and Black Widow (2021), just to name a few. Michelle's ability to show strength through both acting and physicality has been recognized with a SAG Nomination for Best Ensemble Cast and on the cover of Inside Kung Fu Magazine. Michelle has a black belt in Wushu and a BA in Economics specializing in Computer Programming from UCLA. A native of Los Angeles, Michelle spent some time in Silicon Valley but currently resides back in LA.
Anthony Michael Hall
Cast · Known for Edward Scissorhands, The Dark Knight, Reacher
Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor best known for his leading role as Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. He also rose to fame starring in films with John Hughes, which include the teen classics Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona, joining the cast of Saturday Night Live (1985–1986) and starring in films such as Out of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993). After a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley and started in 2001 comedy Freddy Got Fingered. In 2008, he appeared in a minor role in The Dark Knight. In 2020, he appeared in ABC's The Goldbergs. Additionally, he starred in the slasher film Halloween Kills (2021).
Zach Woods
Cast · Known for Silicon Valley, The Office
Zach Woods (born September 25, 1984) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his run as a series regular for three seasons on The Office US, playing the role of Gabe Lewis, and his role as Jared Dunn on the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley. He also recurs on the HBO series Veep and on the USA Network sitcom Playing House, as well as the HBO show Avenue 5.
Mike Judge
Cast · Director · Known for Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Silicon Valley
Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present). He also co-created the television series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025-present), The Goode Family (2009), Silicon Valley (2014–2019), Common Side Effects (2025- ), and Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018). He wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006), and Extract (2009), and co-wrote the screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022). Judge was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where he studied physics. After losing interest in a career in science, Judge focused on animation and short films. His animated short Frog Baseball was developed into the successful MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head and the spin-off series Daria (with which Judge had no involvement). In 1995, Judge and former Simpsons writer Greg Daniels developed King of the Hill, which debuted on Fox in 1997 and quickly became popular with critics and audiences. It ran for 13 seasons and became one of the longest-running American animated series. During the show run, Judge took time off to write and direct Office Space, Idiocracy and Extract. As King of the Hill ended, Judge created his third show, ABC's The Goode Family, which received mixed reviews and was cancelled after 13 episodes. After a four-year hiatus, he created his fourth show, the live-action Silicon Valley for HBO, which has received critical acclaim. In 2017, Judge's fourth animated series, the music-themed Tales from the Tour Bus, premiered on Cinemax to acclaim. Judge has won a Primetime Emmy Award, two Annie Awards for King of the Hill, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and two Satellite Awards for Silicon Valley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Judge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Stephen Tobolowsky
Cast · Known for Californication, Memento, Basic Instinct
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American character actor. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry in Deadwood, Bob Bishop in Heroes, Sandy Ryerson in Glee, Stu Beggs in Californication and White Famous, "Action" Jack Barker in Silicon Valley, Dr. Leslie Berkowitz in One Day at a Time, Principal Earl Ball in The Goldbergs, and Dr. Schulman in The Mindy Project. Tobolowsky was born on May 30, 1951, in Dallas, Texas. He studied geology at Southern Methodist University but switched to theater after being cast in a production of "The Crucible." He later attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with a degree in drama. Tobolowsky began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in films such as The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Nobody's Fool (1986), and Spaceballs (1987). He also had a recurring role on the television series Seinfeld (1989-1998). Tobolowsky's breakthrough role came in 1993, when he played Ned Ryerson in the comedy Groundhog Day. His performance in the film was critically acclaimed, and he has since become one of the most recognizable character actors in Hollywood. Tobolowsky has continued to work steadily in film and television over the years. He has appeared in numerous other films, including Memento (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), and The Informant! (2009). He has also had recurring roles on the television series Deadwood (2004-2006), Heroes (2006-2007), Californication (2007-2014), and Silicon Valley (2014-2019). In addition to his acting career, Tobolowsky is also a writer and a podcaster. He has written two books, The Dangerous Animals Club (2002) and The Tobolowsky Files (2017). He also hosts the podcast The Tobolowsky Files, in which he tells stories about his life and career.
Alex Gibney
Cast · Director · Known for Dirty Money, Musk
Philip Alexander Gibney (/ˈɡɪbni/; born October 23, 1953; New York City) is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time." Gibney's works as director include The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (winner of three Emmys in 2015), We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (the winner of three 2013 primetime Emmy awards), Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (nominated in 2005 for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature); Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (short-listed in 2011 for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature), Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and Taxi to the Dark Side (winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature), focusing on a taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed at Bagram Air Force Base in 2002. In 2019, he released his documentary Citizen K, about Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian billionaire exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Tristan Harris
Tristan Harris is an American computer scientist, and businessperson. He is the president and a co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology. Earlier, he worked as a design ethicist at Google. He received his degree from Stanford, where he studied ethics of human persuasion. Called the "closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience," by The Atlantic magazine, Tristan Harris spent three years as a Google Design Ethicist developing a framework for how technology should "ethically" steer the thoughts and actions of billions of people from screens. He is now co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, whose mission is to reverse 'human downgrading' and re-align technology with humanity. Additionally, he is co-host of the Your Undivided Attention podcast with co-founder, Aza Raskin. Tristan has been profiled in Vanity Fair New Establishment Top 10 in the Valley in 2019, Fortune's 40 under 40 for work on reforming technology in 2018, Rolling Stone magazine one of 25 People Shaping the World in 2017 and has been featured on TED, The Atlantic, 60 Minutes, The New York Times, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal and many more. "Tristan Harris is probably the strongest voice in technology pointing where the industry needs to go," says Marc Benioff of Salesforce in the WSJ. "This is a call to arms and everyone needs to hear him now."
Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born March 11, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his TV roles as Gus Easton on So Help Me Todd, Gordon Klein on Big Little Lies, Daniel Ryan on The Man in the High Castle, Larry Moss on 24, Nick Bolen on Desperate Housewives, Jake Manning on Once and Again, and Dr. David Baylor on Providence. He's known for his film roles as Richard Mackey in TRON: Legacy, Tom Burnett in Flight 93, Mike Markkula in Pirates of Silicon Valley, John Van Dorenin Quiz Show, G. David Schinein Citizen Cohn, and Tim Rourke in Working Girl. He's had guest roles on numerous shows including High Fidelity (2020), The Gifted, This is Us, Motive, Arrow, Suits, Castle, The Mentalist, Bones, The Closer, Cold Case, Nip/Tuck, Crossing Jordan, Judging Amy, Sex and the City, Touched by an Angel, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Law & Order, and Murder, She Wrote.
Casey Sander
Cast · Known for 16 Blocks, Home Improvement
Clinton O. "Casey" Sander (born July 6, 1956) is an American actor known as the character "Captain" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series Tucker. His television credits also include Criminal Minds, The Golden Girls, Grace Under Fire, Home Improvement, Malcolm in the Middle, Rules of Engagement, Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, Silicon Valley, The Newsroom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Hunter, NCIS,NCIS: Los Angeles and Marvin Marvin, among other shows. He more recently had a recurring role on the TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory as Bernadette's father, Mike, and also appeared in four episodes of The Ranch as Roger Hollister.
Peter Banifaz
Cast · Known for Crime 101
Peter Banifaz is an Iranian-American actor, comedian, and activist living in Los Angeles. Some of his TV credits include a recurring role on NBC’s Grand Crew, and three seasons recurring on the award-winning show Shameless. Some of his other tv roles have been on shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, Superstore, Silicon Valley, Perry Mason, One Day at a Time, Bosch, Lethal Weapon and more. His film work includes Crime 101, a role on the Oscar winning hit Everything Everywhere All At Once, as well as Gus Van Sant’s, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot, and the Cohen brother’s, Hail Caesar. He also creates his own original comedic content for Instagram and TikTok under the Instagram handle @pbani. His videos have garnered over 50 million total views across both platforms.