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The American Dream

2026

No one would have bet on Jérémy, stuck behind the counter of a video store, or on Bouna, who cleans airports. With no money, no connections, and painfully poor English, who could have predicted they’d one day become big-name agents in the NBA? What they lack in experience, they will make up for in audacity, while remaining true to their one credo, doing business with a human touch. Scouting raw talent while improvising their way up, they’ll fake it until they make it – chasing their American Dream and landing multi-million-dollar deals.

Aimée Cassettari

Cast · Known for Practical Magic 2

A graduate of Birmingham University and The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Aimee has worked as an Actor in theatre and film. Credits include: The American Dream 2.0 (The Young Vic), Last Night in Soho (Edgar Wright), BBC Doctors. Prior to drama school, Aimee worked in Television Production as a Researcher for the BBC and as a Junior Script Editor at Left Bank Pictures

Robert Kerbeck

Robert Kerbeck is an American actor, writer, and corporate spy known for his diverse career in entertainment and espionage. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a theater degree, Kerbeck initially sought to make it as an actor in New York City. He appeared in TV series such as ER, Melrose Place, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. However, to support himself, he began working as a corporate spy, specializing in social engineering or "rusing"—creating personas and using deception to extract valuable information from competitors. His espionage work was lucrative, earning him up to millions per year. Kerbeck is also an award-winning writer, authoring a true crime memoir titled "RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street," which details his experiences in corporate espionage along with his Hollywood career and personal life. He is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio and has hosted the Soho House Lit Salon series. His memoir and story reveal a compelling blend of acting talent and high-stakes deception.

Virgil Runnels

Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker/writer, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and WWE. Rhodes is considered one of the greatest wrestlers and talkers in the history of professional wrestling. Rhodes was a three-time NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, and during his time in Jim Crockett Promotions' Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, later known as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was a NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Television, NWA Tag Team and NWA World 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He also won many regional championships, and is one of seven men inducted into each of the WWE, WCW, Professional Wrestling, and Wrestling Observer Newsletter Halls of Fame. His sons, Dustin and Cody, both pursued careers in professional wrestling, performing for WWE and AEW. Following his retirement from wrestling, he made occasional on-air appearances on WWE television and pay-per-views and worked as a backstage booker/writer and producer in WWE's NXT developmental territory. Billed as "the son of a plumber", Rhodes did not have a typical wrestler's physique; his character was that of the "common man", known for the personality exhibited in his interviews. WWE chairman Vince McMahon remarked that no wrestler "personified the essence of charisma quite like Dusty Rhodes".

Margot Lee Shetterly

Executive Producer · Known for Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly (born June 30, 1969) is an American nonfiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were instrumental to the success of the United States space program. She sold the movie rights while still working on the book, and it was adapted as a feature film of the same name, Hidden Figures (2016). For several years, Shetterly and her husband lived and worked in Mexico, where they founded and published Inside Mexico, a magazine directed to English-speaking readers.

Nikki M. James

Nikki Michelle James (born June 3, 1981) is an American actress, director, and singer. James has performed in the popular stage musicals The Book of Mormon, Les Misérables, and Suffs, earning a Tony Award for The Book of Mormon. James was born to immigrant parents, a Vincentian father and a Haitian mother who settled in New Jersey in pursuit of the American dream. James grew up in Livingston, New Jersey, where she would graduate from Livingston High School. As a child, she sang and acted in church and in school performances. She was nominated for a Rising Star Award at Paper Mill Playhouse for her performance as Dolly Levi in high school. She later attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. James made her Broadway debut in the ill-fated The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and starred as Ottilie in the New York City Centre Encores! production of House of Flowers. She played Adela in the Off-Broadway run of Michael John LaChiusa's musical adaptation of Bernarda Alba and appeared in the Broadway cast of All Shook Up. James played Dorothy in the revival of The Wiz at La Jolla Playhouse and also starred in Romeo and Juliet and Caesar and Cleopatra at the Stratford Festival with Christopher Plummer. For her performance as Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon, she won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. During that run, she took a leave in June 2012 to film a screen version of Lucky Stiff. From 2014 to January 2015, she played Éponine in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables. In July 2017, James starred in the New York City Centre Encores! staged concert of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin. In 2024 she began starring as journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells in the musical Suffs. James was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nikki M. James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Christopher Convery

Christopher Convery has established himself as a sought-after young talent across film and television. Most recently, Convery starred opposite Alexandra Daddario in the upcoming drama AMERICAN FEVER DREAM, written and directed by Jaclyn Noel. Spanning nearly two decades, the film follows a hopeful middle-class family as they gradually descend into poverty and the promise of the American Dream begins to unravel. Convery plays “James,” the son of Daddario’s character, Carrie. Next up, Convery will star in the true-story sports drama 21 DOWN opposite Ashley Judd and Dylan Walsh. Directed by Sean McNamara, the film tells the inspiring true story of Caden Cox, who made history as the first person with Down syndrome to play and score in a college football game. Convery plays “Zane,” Caden’s older brother. Convery will then star as “Tommy” in the upcoming horror feature THE HIM, written and directed by Joe Gossett. Set on Halloween night in 1995, the film follows a family’s elaborate haunted-house display that becomes the scene of a real massacre when a killer begins hunting its guests while the crowds outside believe the violence is all part of the show. The film also stars Ryan Phillippe, Chris Elliott, and Mindy Cohn. Convery previously starred opposite Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale in PRISONER’S DAUGHTER, directed by Catherine Hardwicke. His performance earned him recognition as Best Breakout Male Actor during the Toronto International Film Festival. He also appeared opposite Mike Faist and Crystal Reed in PINBALL: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME. His additional film credits include Fede Álvarez’s THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB opposite Claire Foy and William Brent Bell’s BRAHMS: THE BOY II, in which he starred opposite Katie Holmes. On television, Convery starred opposite Julie Delpy as her son “Albert” in the Netflix series ON THE VERGE. He is also known for portraying “Young Billy” in Netflix’s global phenomenon STRANGER THINGS. His additional television credits include HBO’s SUCCESSION, GOTHAM, MACGYVER, CHICAGO MED, THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION, and HATERS BACK OFF! Convery began acting professionally at seven years old when he was cast as “Young Charlie” in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical KINKY BOOTS, starring opposite Billy Porter. He moved to New York City for the production and spent five years there while attending the Professional Performing Arts School. Convery is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency and Untitled Entertainment.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Cast · Known for The Colbert Report

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. Goodwin has written biographies of several U.S. presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga; Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington.

Thai Fong

Thai Fong is an Asian-Australian actor. Born in a refugee camp, his family fled to Melbourne, Australia when he was just two-years old. At seventeen his parents moved to the east coast of the United States, to North Carolina, to pursue the American dream. But Thai's American dream lied elsewhere. At nineteen he packed his bags and hit the road, making the three-thousand mile journey alone to LA to pursue acting. Thai has had the fortunate opportunity to work with producers such as Todd Phillips, Joel Silver and John Sayles and opposite talent such as; Ludacris, Terry Crews, Joan Cusack and Tia Mowry - to name a few.

Jackie Torres

Jackie Torres is a Puerto Rican actress, writer, director and producer who gained notoriety while producing the top shows Marcano...El Show and Con lo que cuenta este pais in her native Puerto Rico and La Hora Lunatica in Los Angeles California, all for the Telemundo Television Network. Her move to Los Angeles introduced her to the cinema world. She directed the urban films The Price of the American Dream & East LA King for Laguna Productions and Crossing Frontiers for her own company Jakmar Entertainment. As an actress she has acted in over 20 films and TV series including Domino: Battle of the Bones, After Words, Black Monday, Bosch, ER, The District, Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls, Blood Relatives, and El Güero Estrada. She obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications at the University of Maryland, College Park. After that, she got a Master’s Degree from the University of Puerto Rico.

David Clark

Cast · Known for The American Dream

David Clark (born April 23, 1974, Anchorage, Alaska) is an American character actor based in France, active since the mid-2000s. Standing at 1.83 m, he has built a career in both English- and French-language productions, working frequently with director Olivier Megaton (on Colombiana and the Taken franchise). He is best known for his role as Marshall in Colombiana (2011), Cop Malankov Garage #1 in Taken 3 (2014), and Carl Stanley in The Killer (2024, with Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy). He also voiced Captain Allen in the 2018 video game Detroit: Become Human. His filmography includes Traitor (2008), If You Don't, I Will (2014), Florida (2015, as Andrew Newman), Woods (2015, as John Stramen), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017, uncredited), The Hermits (2023), and The American Dream (2026). On television he has appeared in Crossing Lines (2013), A Very Secret Service (2015), Scènes de ménages (2015), Plus belle la vie (2018), Missions (2017), and The Serpent Queen (2022).

Catalina Rodriguez

A rising Latina from Miami who has made a career in modeling, TV commercials and as an actress - Catalina Rodriguez was born in Medellin, Colombia, her family is that of Spaniard and German descent. At three years old her family relocated to Miami, Florida in search of the American Dream where she was raised along with her older sister, Liliana. As the daughter of Guillermo, a freelance camera man and Maria, a sales rep, Catalina began her life in show business at the young age of five as a cast member in the HIT-TV children's comedy show "Caramelo y Galletita." At 8 years of age she participated in her first pageant and by the time she was 18 years old she had won three major titles, reached the semi-finals in Miss World Colombia and was the runner-up in Teen Magazine's Model Search. These achievements, however, were only a stepping stone into her modeling career, where she modeled for several brands, including BodyGlove and Urban clothing companies, before even attending college. Determined to go beyond modeling and into her true passion of acting Catalina attended a prestigious magnet program at the Performing Arts and Visual Arts Center (P.A.V.A.C.) where she dedicated all four years of high school to cultivating and honing her skills in the visual and performing arts. There, she performed in various productions, including Miss Sarah Brown in "Guys and Dolls", Maria in "West Side Story" and "Much A Do About Nothing" in Disney's Pleasure Island, among many others. She then attended the University of Miami where she double majored in Film & Television as well as Theater. Expanding her knowledge beyond acting, she also discovered a talent behind the scenes as a television and video editor; a skill that would help her pay for college by landing part time jobs as a news editor with the local affiliate of NBC WTVJ channel 6 - as well as other freelance projects. Throughout

Susan Africa

Cast · Known for Batang Quiapo

Susan Africa (born 20 August 1959) is a Filipino actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Olongapo... The Great American Dream (1987), A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016), The Hows of Us (2018), and Sunod (2019), among others.

Vanessa Lengies

Vanessa Lengies (born July 21, 1985) is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer. She is known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski. She appeared as Charge Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe, and has appeared in the recurring role of Sugar Motta in the third, fourth, and sixth seasons of the Fox series Glee. In 2021, Lengies played Erica on Turner & Hooch.

Derek Russo

SAG-Aftra actor, stunt man, and voice actor moved to Atlanta from Miami in August 2015. It is my sincere belief that the majority of talented people in this world fall somewhere between "fairly unknown" and "completely unknown". I believe that the more that we--the talented unknowns--work with each other....the better it is for all of us. Former Marine, former college and Minor-League football player, former model & exotic dancer turned comedian/entertainer......the All-American dream, right? - IMDb Mini Biography By: Derek Russo

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in a number of films and television programs, including Claudine (1974), Cooley High (1975), Roots (1977), Welcome Back, Kotter (1975), Bangers and Mash (1983), and The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Lawrence's name, at least as shown in the credits of Welcome Back Kotter, was Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Lawrence was born in New York City, New York, United States, the fifth child of nine to West Indian parents Hilton Jacobs (deceased 2009) and Clothilda Jacobs (deceased c. 2000). He attended Wilkes University for a short time before his acting career took off. He began his acting career in the summer of 1969 and graduated from the High School of Art and Design in 1971. Afterward, he studied acting with the world famous Negro Ensemble Company and the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble. In 1975, he won the part of Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington on the ABC hit comedy series, Welcome Back, Kotter. Hilton-Jacobs starred in a few commercials over the years, including an early 1970s commercial for The United Negro College Fund.

Jason Weaver

Cast · Known for The Chi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jason Michael Weaver (born July 18, 1979) also known by his stage name J-Weav, is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his television roles as a pre-teenage Michael Jackson in the Emmy Award-winning 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream, and as the older brother Marcus Henderson on the WB sitcom Smart Guy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Arlen Escarpeta

Cast · Known for Friday the 13th

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arlen Alexander Escarpeta (born April 9, 1981) is a Belizean actor. In 2004, Escarpeta earned critical acclaim for his breakout film role as an honor student caught with a handgun at school in the independent drama American Gun. The film, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, also starred Forrest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden and Donald Sutherland. The following year, he co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McG's true-life drama We Are Marshall, about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed Marshall University's football team. Escarpeta was more recently seen in David Wain's comedy, The Ten, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He had earlier appeared in Carls Franklin's coutroom thriller High Crimes, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashely Judd. Escarpeta first gained attention on the small screen when he starred in the NBC series American Dreams. He played Sam Walker, a young black man dealing with the changing times of the turbulent '60s. His television work also includes guest roles in on such series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Without A Trace, Cold Case, Judging Amy, ER, The Shield, Boomtown, 7th Heaven and Boston Public. In 2009 he played Lawrence, in the horror slasher Friday the 13th. Arlen follows Friday the 13th with leading roles in several features. He next stars in the drama Roslyn, followed by Preston Whitmore's Dough Boys. He also stars as a young LAPD officer on patrol during the racial gang war in the drama 818, on which Escarpeta also serves co-producer. Escarpeta has also been cast in Final Destination 5, the fifth film in the hit horror franchise.

Sarah Ramos

Cast · Known for The Bear

Sarah Emily Ramos (born May 21, 1991) is an American actress who began her career as a child actress. She is known for her roles on the television series American Dreams (2002–2005) and Parenthood (2010–2015).

Monica Allison

Monica Allison is an actress and voice actor. She is perhaps best known for her role as Hazel Gordy in The Jacksons: An American Dream and the voice of Julie in The Adventures of Brer Rabbit.

Will Estes

Cast · Known for Blue Bloods

Will Estes (born William Estes Nipper, October 21, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as JJ Pryor, on the NBC drama American Dreams. In 2010, he joined the cast of Tom Selleck's new CBS police drama Blue Bloods. In the series, he plays Jamieson "Jamie" Reagan, a New York Police Department officer and the younger son of the fictional police commissioner, played by Selleck. Estes' break-out movie role was Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker on U-571. Early in his career, he did many commercials including Fruit of the Loom and numerous guest starring roles in shows like Highway to Heaven and Santa Barbara. Then he was chosen out of 700 other kids for the series The New Lassie. Since then he has had many starring roles in TV shows and he dabbled in the Music Video industry. He has appeared in Meat Loaf's video "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (from Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell) and was in Bon Jovi's video "It's My Life" with Shiri Appleby. In 2000, according to a 2005 Soap Talk interview, Jon Bon Jovi asked him to be in his music video after he worked with him on U-571. He did most of his own stunts in the video. So far, this has been one of his favorite career moments. Will had a leading role in the Fox show Reunion. The show followed six best friends over the course of 20 years, with each episode marking the next successive year. When the group meets up for their 20th high school reunion, one turns up dead at the end of the night. In late 2005 Fox announced that the series would be cancelled due to low ratings and the identity of the murderer would not be revealed. An upcoming project is a short movie Luz Del Mundo. He will be playing Jack Kerouac, a good friend of Neal Cassady. The movie is in post production and will be seen in future film festivals. It was written by Ty Roberts and David Trimble, directed by Ty Roberts and produced by Ryan McWhirter and John Pitts. He has also appeared in a couple photographs, in the books Hollywood Splash ISBN 1-57687-183-5 and Men Before 10 AM Too ISBN 1-57687-084-7. He was nominated 4 different times for one award, the Young Artist Awards for The New Lassie and Kirk.

Holly Robinson Peete

Cast · Known for 21 Jump Street

Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964) is an American actress and singer. She's known for her roles as Judy Hoffs on the Fox police drama 21 Jump Street, Vanessa Russell on the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Billie Blessings in the Morning Show Mysteries movie series, Christina on Mike & Molly, Clea on Love Inc., Tanya Ward on Like Family, Dr. Malena Ellis on the NBC/The WB sitcom For Your Love, and Diana Ross in the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream. She was one of the original co-hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk. She and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, hosted two reality shows, Meet the Peetes and For Peete's Sake, which followed daily life with their family. They also host the reality dating show Queens Court (2023). She has been married to Rodney Peete since 1995; they have 4 children. A children's book by Peete, My Brother Charlie, won her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in March 2011. Her father, Matt Robinson was the original Gordon on Sesame Street.

Ebonie Smith

Cast · Known for Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2

Ebonie Michelle Smith is a former child actress known for her role as Jessica Jefferson in the sitcom The Jeffersons from 1984 to 1985. She was sometimes credited as Ebony Smith. Smith also played character M'Lila on the television series Xena and portrayed a young La Toya Jackson on the television miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream. She is also known for playing Carrie Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon movies and had recurring roles on Webster and Family Matters.

Iva Hasperger

Iva Hasperger is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has performed in theater productions from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams. Strong roots in a classical and European background often inform Iva's work-perhaps most notably in her performance as "Ilona" in the feature "Vlad" starring Billy Zane and Francesco Quinn. Hasperger plays a 15th century girl who only speaks middle English. In preparation for the shoot, the actress consulted Professor Edward Condron of UCLA to ensure accuracy with the complex ancient tongue. Hasperger fulfilled a childhood dream when she came to the US to train as an actress. An avid student of the American cinematic tradition and its history she has repeatedly delivered nuanced and eye catching performances in film, television and theater. Hasperger readily admits that her favorite actress of all time is Meryl Streep, and makes no bones about a desire to emulate her heroine. From a Southern belle in "Cloud Seven" to a Czech communist in "Cold Case" she has consistently delivered depth and range. As the projects get larger the approach remains the same-remain true to the character and serve the writing. So-no distraction by the bright lights for this terrific talent!