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Zhang Chi

Cast · Known for King of Comedy

Graduated from the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera.

Natalia Chiarelli

Cast · Known for Barreda

Natalia Chiarelli is a prominent Uruguayan actress and drama teacher, a graduate of the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art (EMAD) with additional training in lyric arts and contemporary dance, who joined the permanent cast of the Comedia Nacional by audition in 2012 after more than a decade in the independent theater circuit. Throughout her stage career, she has performed in major productions such as *The Oresteia*, *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*, *Victor, or Power to the Children*, *An Enemy of the People*, and *The Threepenny Opera*, earning a Florencio Award in 2006 for her performance in *The Magic Flute* alongside numerous nominations; she has also built a screen career in films such as *In This Tricky Life* and *As Fragile as a Second*, highlighted internationally by the Fellini Award for Best Lead Actress at the 2019 Amarcort Film Festival in Italy for the short film *Bodas de oro*.

Kieu Chinh

Kieu Chinh (born September 3rd, 1937) is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist. One of the most prominent film stars in South Vietnam during the 60s and 70s, she immigrated to America after 1975 and eventually settled in California where she resumed acting with the help of Tippi Hedron; her first credit in America was as Hawkeye’s South Korean love interest in the TV show M*A*S*H. Subsequently, Kieu Chinh appeared in 45 feature films and television shows, among them the TV movies The Children of An Lac (1980), The Letter (1982) and The Girl Who Spelled Freedom (1986), and films like Hamburger Hill (1987), Gleaming the Cube (1988), Riot (1997) and Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999). She also landed a recurring role on ABC’s Vietnam war series China Beach from 1989 to 1991 and the Fox TV show 21 in 2008. But her best-known role is that of Suyuan Woo in Wayne Wang’s The Joy Luck Club in 1993, a film about the relationship between Chinese immigrant mothers and their Chinese-American mothers. Amongst the accolades that Chinh has received in her six-decade career are the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vietnamese International Film Festival in 2003, the Special Acting Award at the Women’s Film Festival in Turin in 2003, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Fest in 2006 and 2015, respectively. In 2009, Chinh was honored as the Woman of the Year for her work in film and community service by California Representative Lou Correa.

Chiharu Shigematsu

Cast · Known for Clevatess

Chiharu Shigematsu (重松 千晴, Shigematsu Chiharu, born May 20, 1990) is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo who is affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyo). He graduated from Air Agency voice actor training school. After leaving Air Agency, he joined Haikyo on January 1, 2021. His voice type is tenor. Before becoming a voice actor, he was a kindergarten teacher, and it was the children there that inspired him to become a voice actor. His special skills are ghost stories and childcare. His hobbies are playing the piano, baking, singing, and drawing illustrations.

Eliza Shin

As the child of Korean immigrants, Eliza grew up in Central Illinois and started her professional life as a physician. While practicing in Chicago, she trained as a singer and actor, eventually earning her Equity and SAG cards. She has appeared on numerous stages across the country including McCarter, Guthrie and the Goodman. Since coming to LA, she has accrued credits on all major networks in both comedy and drama, as well as several independent films.

Rufus Beck

Rufus Beck is the only child of a business-owning couple. Because his parents traveled extensively abroad, he lived in the boarding school of the Odenwald School. After graduating from high school in 1976 and completing his civilian service, Beck studied Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but later dropped out. From 1976 onward, he appeared as a musician and acting student at the Heidelberg Municipal Theatre. The following year, he was a guest performer at the Saarland State Theatre, followed by engagements at the Tübingen State Theatre, the Frankfurt Theatre, the Cologne Theatre, the Bavarian State Theatre, the Munich Kammerspiele, and the Berliner Ensemble. He later also appeared as a guest performer at the Berlin Renaissance Theatre (2006), the Stuttgart State Theatre (2010), and the Hamburg Kammerspiele (2014). In 1989, Beck was named "Young Actor of the Year" by the magazine Theater heute. Also in 1989, he received the Young Actor Award from the Friends of the Bavarian State Theatre. In 1990, he toured the Soviet Union with Friedrich Schiller's *The Robbers*, performing in Moscow, Irkutsk, and Alma-Ata. He toured South America in 1991 with G.E. Lessing's *Miss Sara Sampson*. In 1994, he toured Germany with Peter Maffay's *Tabaluga*. Beck's breakthrough in film came in 1994 with Sönke Wortmann's *The Most Desired Man*, for which he received a Bambi Award for his role as Waltraut. In 1999, he was nominated for the German Film Award for *Jimmy the Kid*. He has appeared in more than 70 television and 14 feature films (as of 2018). In the children's film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* (2003), he played the role of "Coach Willi." He reprised this role in *The Wild Soccer Bunch – The Legend Lives!* (2016). Rufus Beck is the narrator and producer of more than 200 audiobooks, including the Harry Potter novels. He gives each of the many characters a distinct voice, employing various dialects and accents. His audiobooks have received numerous awards. During the 2006 and 2007 festival seasons, Beck played Mephisto in Goethe's *Faust* at the Bad Hersfeld Festival. Under the artistic direction of Dieter Wedel, he played Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in Jehoschua Sobol's *The Story of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Called Jud Süß* at the 2011 Worms Nibelungen Festival. In 2004, he directed the dance spectacular for the world tour of *Night of the Sultans – Pandora's Legend* in Istanbul. In 2003, 2012, and 2016, he was responsible for directing, writing, and playing the magician and the beetle in the musical Tabaluga. Rufus Beck wrote several stage adaptations for his own shows. In 2006, he published the anthology *Stories for Us Children*. His non-fiction book *Children Love Fairy Tales and Discover Values* was published in 2007. He appeared with his son Jonathan Beck in the film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* and toured with him in 2014/15 with the play *Zorn*. Jonathan Beck also played the role of 0815 in his father's Tabaluga productions in 2012 and 2016 and was also his assistant director. Since 2018, he has starred in the television series *Deutsch-Les-Landes*. His daughters Sarah Beck and Natalie Spinell also work as actors. Rufus Beck lives in Munich.

Sonia Sodha

Sonia Sodha is the chief leader writer at the Observer and deputy opinion editor at the Guardian. She is also a trustee of the philanthropic foundation the Trust for London and of the education charity Ambition School Leadership.

Polly MacKenzie

Polly MacKenzie is the chief executive of Demos, a cross-party think tank that aims to bring Britain back together. Previously, she acted as chief policy advisor to former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Douglas Banker

Executive Producer · Known for TYSON

Douglas Banker is the Chief Executive Officer at the Five All In The Fifth Entertainment production company.

Jake Aust

Jake Aust is the Chief Innovation Officer at AGBO, where he spearheads the company's cutting-edge innovation department. In this role, Jake leverages his extensive experience and vision to expand AGBO’s storytelling capacity by integrating advanced physical and virtual production technologies. Among his many projects at AGBO, Jake is an executive producer for the upcoming Netflix film, The Electric State. He has also executive produced The Grey Man and Extraction 2, two of Netflix's most successful films, and produced notable titles such as Mosul, Cherry, and the TV series Deadly Class for Syfy. Before joining AGBO, Jake was a producer on the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe Award-winning series The Office and the Emmy Award-winning series Community. He began his career in the film industry as a producer on the Russo Brothers’ first independent film, Pieces. Jake holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Case Western Reserve University. His appointment as Chief Innovation Officer marks a pivotal moment for AGBO as the company continues its growth across virtual and linear media landscapes. Under his leadership, the Innovation department is set to develop proprietary creative tools that enhance production innovation and cost efficiency, supporting AGBO's mission to create original, immersive content.

Smack Louis

Smack Louis is known for The Chi (2018), Fast X (2023) and Night Always Comes (2025).

Peter Sipla

Cast · Known for A Man Called Otto

Peter Sipla was born in the Chicago suburb of Warrenville, to Emil Thomas (Tom) Sipla, and Maritza Natalia (Wong) Sipla. On his grandfather's side, the Sipla clan is from the Bohemian/Czech neighborhoods in central Wisconsin. On his grandmother's side, the Stafford family are of British and Dutch descent, and have been in Warrenville since 1858, when Dorus Stafford was the local leather tanner. Peter's great-uncle William T. (Bill) Stafford became the newly incorporated city's first Mayor, in 1967. Civic duty and service was a part of Peter's upbringing, coming from a family of firemen, nurses, policemen, roofers, carpenters, and social organization members who were very active in local events and the growth of the city. Peter's mother is of Chinese-Panamanian ancestry, growing up in Colon, Panama with four siblings, two parents, and their grandfather (who lived to 103 years old). Growing up in a household filled with Latin music fostered a love of music and percussion. Peter first stepped onto the stage in a community recital at the age of six, in a tap number with his mother and older sister. A greater appreciation for the theater was inevitable, due to the endless stream of movie musicals his sister watched in their home. At the age of fourteen, he began to perform in community theater with his sister and father. Peter juggled rehearsals for shows, percussion ensembles, choirs, and drumline throughout his high school career, and went on to study Theater Performance and Music Performance at North Central College in Naperville, where he performed in 14 mainstage productions, and discovered his love of dialect and voice work. His first foray into television was on a two week contract filming an episode of Chicago Fire for NBC in 2016, as Hundley, one of the ne'er-do-well replacement firefighters. After that, he went on to small roles in Fox's neXt (2020), and was part of the first day of shooting for HBOMax's hit show Station Eleven (2021). On the silver screen, Peter had the pleasure of working with the incomparable Tom Hanks in A Man Called Otto (2022), and was ecstatic to watch his wide-release theatrical debut surrounded by family. On stage, Peter has had the pleasure of working with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Paramount Theatre, The Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Writers' Theatre, City Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Porchlight Music Theater, Next Theater, Red Tape Theatre, First Folio Theater, Brightside Theatre, Steel Beam Theatre, and Disney Cruise Line, to name few. Peter's voiceover work has been heard in hundreds of commercials and industrials.

Morgan Benoit

Morgan has been involved in the Chinese martial arts for 15 years. Following his passion, at age 18 he moved to China to study at the Beijing Sports University where he mastered Long Fist Kung Fu. Once ascending to the top of his class in just a couple of years, he was admitted to the prestigious Shi Cha Hai sports academy, former training grounds of Jet Li, and many of China's top Olympic athletes. Never letting his love for training lag behind his early career development, while auditioning for and performing in various Chinese historical dramas, TV commercials, game shows and more, he began training in gymnastics under private instruction at Shi Cha Hai. This led to his interest in doing film stunt work as he grew fond of the tumbling and feats of strength that martial arts stunts demanded. His ability and enthusiasm was well-noted by Jackie Chan whom he worked with in "The Forbidden Kindom" (2008), and also by David Carradine whom he worked with in "Last Hour" (2008). Morgan was in high-demand as a martial arts actor in China, but after nearly 10 years away from his friends and family, he's recently returned to the US to continue his acting and film career in LA. IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Gao Maotong

Cast · Known for Irreplaceable

Gao Maotong is a Chinese singer and actor who joined the entertainment industry as a member of the Chinese pop boy band, TANGRAM.

Robert Phillips

Played pro football for the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears, before becoming an actor.

Greg Foster

Greg Foster has spent the better part of 12 years performing in the Chicago Musical Theatre scene and loves it! He has received 2 (Joseph Jefferson Award) Nominations for Best Supporting Role in a Musical for his role of Skeets Miller in Floyd Collins and for his role of Patsy in Monty Python Spamalot. Greg has recently switched focus to TV/Film and can be seen in NBC's Chicago PD as well as Blake Crouch's Dark Matter on Apple TV+ opposite Joel Edgerton. He also just shot his very first commercial for Solmin's Security! Greg created a series on social media called the "Creepy Cringy Lyrics Series" and can be found on TikTok (@gregfoster2) and Instagram (@creepycringylyricsseries) Greg gives all the glory to God and is so excited for this journey of whats to come! He's so grateful to be able to perform and work with so many awesome people!

Daniel Keough

Daniel was born and raised on the northwest side of Chicago. He began studying voice in his last year of high school, and after graduation, attended Wright Jr. College, majoring in music. During the summer break after his freshman year, he took an acting workshop at Columbia College and got hooked on the challenge of acting. So the following fall, instead of returning to college, he enrolled as a full-time student at the prestigious, Goodman Theater School of Drama, the Theater Arts arm of the Chicago Art Institute. Following Goodman, he volunteered for the draft and served a hitch in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany. Upon full-filling his tour of duty, he moved to New York City, taking up residence in Manhattan, and resumed his studies at the HB Studio, studying first with Herbert Berghof, and then with Uta Hagen. While working at various survival jobs as he attended acting classes, he also continued to study voice, and also began dance training, starting jazz dance with Matt Mattox and soon after, classical ballet at the Ballet Russe.When the summers came around, he would interrupt his training by leaving town to work in summer stock, then return to the city in the fall and resumed his pursuits. After only a year and a half of an intense training schedule, and desperate for a job in a show, he gave a go at his first Equity dance audition and won the gig. After relocating to California, he was dancing in an Equity musical comedy stage show within a month after he arrived in Hollywood, and continued to perform in shows for the first year and a half, all the while continuing his training between shows at the American School of Dance, until he was signed by a top commercial and modeling agency and immediately began to work in TV commercials and print. With auditions, fittings and bookings, there was hardly enough convenient time to continue to go to dance class regularly, so he withdrew from the discipline and quit dancing. He focused instead on the much more lucrative activity of working in advertising media. At the same time however, he concentrated again on his singing, starting with performing at the, Horn, in Santa Monica, a nightclub venue that was to singers, what the various comedy clubs are to stand-up comedians, a place to try material and perform in a club environment. He also continued with acting classes, studying with Estell Harman and then with Stella Adler every summer that she would come out from New York to teach her master class in Los Angeles. During other times he studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, musical scene study with Charles Nelson Reilly and audition presentation with David Craig, and continued voice training with various teachers and coaches. In his late thirties, as a personal challenge to see what sort of shape he could get back into, he returned to jazz dance classes at the Roland Dupre' dance facility and gave it a go for about a year, until the reality of diminished capacity convinced him to put his dance bag away for good. Also, by then he was working as an actor in all venues of media. Presently, he is semi-retired and lives in the Cahuenga Pass area of the Hollywood Hills. - IMDb Mini Biography

Tao Dian

Cast · Known for Fights Break Sphere

Voice actress from China. Representative works include the animation "Soul Land" and being the Chinese dub for the game "Overwatch" D.Va, "League of Legends" Rock Sparrow, "Honkai 3" Kiana Kaslana , "Arknight" Amiya. Lives in Shanghai now.

Finn Elliot

Finn Elliot is a British actor from Chichester in the UK. He was born in Hong Kong in 2002, before moving to Kuala Lumpur at the age of one. He spent most of his childhood living in Singapore with his brother Archie, mother Mini and his father Giles. Finn moved to England at the age of nine. He was educated at Oakwood School, in Chichester and the Portsmouth Grammar school. Finn is currently studying PPE at the University of Exeter. As well as this he was a member of the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre. His Chichester Festival Theatre credits include "Boy" in The Witches and "John Darling" in Peter Pan.

Michael A. Dean

Born and Raised in Chicago, Michael can be seen alongside Best Actor Oscar Winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) and John Carroll Lynch (Fargo, AHS) in Oscar Winner Aaron Sorkin’s (The Social Network, Molly’s Game, Moneyball) 6 Time Oscar Nominated The Trial of the Chicago 7 where he plays Anti-Vietnam War Activist Carl Oglesby. Michael appears as Rookie Officer Andres Garcia alongside series regular stars Marina Squerciatti (Kim Burgess) & Laroyce Hawkins (Kevin Atwater) in Dick Wolf’s Primetime Chicago PD. Catch him around March Madness time when he shares the Capitol One screen with Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee and NBA Hall of Famers Charles Barkley & Larry Bird. Michael trains Heidi Marshall in New York, Amy Lyndon (The Lyndon Technique) out of Studio City, CA and Rob Pralgo in Atlanta, GA. Coming up you will catch Michael in Lucky Jack a Documentary by Michael Walsh, Directed by Bridget Smith and the Award Winning Drama Short, Lodestar, Written & Director by Max Clark. Off Camera, Michael’s passion shift towards more philanthropic work focused on programs to stop hunger and homelessness.

Lisa Maria Potthoff

Lisa Maria Potthoff grew up in Munich as the child of a doctor and a psychologist and completed her acting training there at Schauspiel München from 1997 to 1999. Even before and during her training, she had her first roles in various television series such as Polizeiruf 110 and SOKO 5113 starting in 1995. She had leading roles in the television films Bittere Unschuld, Holstein Lovers, Ein Weihnachtsmärchen, Sommerwind, Blond: Eva Blond!, Der Tod ist kein Beweis, and alongside Herbert Knaups in Die Tochter des Kommissars. In recent years, Potthoff has also played leading roles in feature films, including "Braut Sophie" in the black comedy Die Bluthochzeit, "Nadja" in Soloalbum, "Susanne," manager of a gay soccer team, in Männer wie wir, and "Eleonore Schikaneder" in Marcus H. Rosenmüller's "Sommer der Gaukler". Since 2014 she has played police officer Sarah Kohr in the crime series of the same name.

Yao Ming

Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly economic crimes. He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art forms to display the Chinese political and social issues. After being allowed to leave China in 2015, he has lived in Berlin, Germany, and, since 2019, in Cambridge, UK, with his family, working and traveling internationally.

David E. Sanger

David E. Sanger is the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times. A 1982 graduate of Harvard College, Sanger has been writing for the Times for 30 years covering foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation, and the presidency.