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The Thing

1982

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

The Wizard of Oz

1939

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Jonathan Walker

Cast · Known for Shooter

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jonathan Lloyd Walker (born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) is an English actor and Writer, who now resides in Canada. He is well known for film roles in Shooter, RED and most recently as the British radio operator Colin in The Thing (2011 prequel). He also played Rankor in the TV-series Flash Gordon. He was married to award winning documentary film-maker Sheona McDonald. They have three children.

Eduard Franz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eduard Franz (born Eduard Franz Schmidt; October 31, 1902 – February 10, 1987) was an American actor of theatre, film and television. Franz portrayed King Ahab in the 1953 biblical low-budget film Sins of Jezebel, Jethro in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956), and Jehoam in Henry Koster's The Story of Ruth (1960). By 1936, Franz was a player on the national stage, performing from coast to coast. He became a leading Broadway actor for nearly 30 years, in such plays as First Stop to Heaven and Embezzled Heaven and Conversation At Midnight. He made his film debut in a bit part, in 1947, in Killer at Large, but followed that brief appearance the next year with a memorable role in the motion picture The Scar (also titled Hollow Triumph). His fourth movie saw him acting with John Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch, in 1948. He portrayed Chief Broken Hand in White Feather. He played such intellectuals as Dr. Stern in The Thing from Another World (1951), a university professor in The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), and Justice Louis Brandeis in The Magnificent Yankee (1950), a role he reprised in the 1965 television adaptation. He appeared in a 1957 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel Beyond This Place, which was directed by Sidney Lumet. Franz performed as well in two separate remakes of Al Jolson's 1927 cinema classic The Jazz Singer, each time playing the key role of the aged and ailing synagogue cantor upset by his son's decision to pursue a secular show-business career rather than continue the family tradition and follow in his father's religious footsteps. Those remakes were the 1952 film version of the story starring Danny Thomas and the 1959 television version starring Jerry Lewis. Franz performed in a number of television series, including Gunsmoke; Have Gun - Will Travel; The Law and Mr. Jones; The Barbara Stanwyck Show and Cimarron City. Franz was cast as psychiatric clinic director Dr. Edward Raymer in 30 episodes of the weekly ABC medical drama Breaking Point

Francis Lederer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Francis Lederer (November 6, 1899 – May 25, 2000) was a Czech-born film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States. His original name was František Lederer. Lederer's first American movies were Man of Two Worlds (1934), Romance in Manhattan (1934), with Ginger Rogers, The Gay Deception (1935), with Frances Dee, and One Rainy Afternoon (1936). He was cast as the lead with Katharine Hepburn in the 1935 film Break of Hearts, but the producers replaced him with Charles Boyer. It was Irving Thalberg's plan to make Lederer "the biggest star in Hollywood" but the death of Thalberg ended this possibility. Although he continued to play leads occasionally – notably when he was a playboy in Mitchell Leisen's Midnight with Claudette Colbert and John Barrymore in 1939 – in the late 1930s Lederer began to expand his character parts, even playing villains. Edward G. Robinson praised Lederer's performance as a German American Bundist in Confessions of a Nazi Spy in 1939, and he earned plaudits for his portrayal of a fascist in The Man I Married (1940) with Joan Bennett. He also played Count Dracula for The Return of Dracula in 1958. Throughout his career, Lederer, who studied with Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City, continued to take stage acting seriously, and he performed often both in New York and elsewhere. He appeared in stage productions of Golden Boy (1937), Seventh Heaven (1939), No Time for Comedy (1939), in which he replaced Laurence Olivier, The Play's the Thing (1942), A Doll's House (1944), Arms and the Man (1950), The Sleeping Prince (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1958). Although he took a break from making films in 1941, in order to concentrate on his stage work, he returned to the silver screen in 1944, appearing in Voice in the Wind and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and in films such as Jean Renoir's The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) and Million Dollar Weekend (1948). He took another break from Hollywood in 1950, after making Surrender (1950), and returned in 1956 with Lisbon and the light comedy The Ambassador's Daughter. His final film appearance was in Terror Is a Man in 1959. During the 1950s, he served as honorary mayor of Canoga Park. He would continue to make television appearances for the next 10 years in such shows as Sally, The Untouchables, Ben Casey, Blue Light, Mission: Impossible and That Girl. His final television appearance occurred in a 1971 episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery called "The Devil Is Not Mocked". In it, he reprised his role as Dracula from The Return of Dracula.

Charles Hallahan

Cast · Known for The Thing

Charles Hallahan (July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997) was an American actor, best known for his performances in Going in Style, The Thing, and Dante's Peak.

Donald Moffat

Cast · Known for The Thing

Donald Moffat (26 December 1930 – 20 December 2018) was an English actor with decades long career in film and stage in the United States. He began his acting career on and off Broadway which included appearances in The Wild Duck and Right You Are If You Think You Are, earning a Tony Award nomination for both, as well as Painting Churches for which he received an Obie Award. Moffat also appeared in several feature films including The Thing and The Right Stuff, along with his guest appearances in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and The West Wing.

Joel Polis

Cast · Known for The Thing

An American television, film and stage actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Polis' first film role was the character 'Fuchs' in the science fiction film The Thing. He appeared in numerous television series including Cheers, Alien Nation, Northern Exposure, Star Trek: Voyager, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal and CSI. He appeared in a recurring role on the television series Cheers as the mischievous Gary, owner of the rival bar, Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Polis's theater credits include performances at the Astor Place Theatre, Hartford Stage, Old Globe Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Odyssey Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Lillian Theater and the Pasadena Playhouse.

June Squibb

Cast · Known for Ghost Whisperer, Toy Story 4

June Squibb (born November 6, 1929) began working in musical theatre at the St. Louis Muny and trained at the Cleveland Play House, and at the HB Studio. While at the Cleveland Play House, she performed in productions of Marseilles, The Play's the Thing, Goodbye, My Fancy, The Heiress, Detective Story, Antigone, Ladies in Retirement and Bloomer Girl. In 1958, she played Dulcie in The Boyfriend Off-Broadway. In 1959, she starred in an Off-Broadway revival of Lend an Ear with Elizabeth Allen. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of Gypsy starring Ethel Merman, taking over the role of stripper Electra in 1960. Squibb appeared in The Happy Time, which opened in 1968 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. In-between these periods, she did modelling work for romance novels and appeared in commercials. In 1995, she appeared in the play Sacrilege on Broadway, which starred Ellen Burstyn. Squibb played many roles in national tours, regional theatre, summer stock and off-Broadway. In 2012, she played Stella Gordon in Dividing the Estate at the Dallas Theater Center in which she received standout reviews. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Alexander Payne's film Nebraska (2013). In 2015, she was inducted into the Cleveland Play House Hall of Fame.

Kalama Epstein

Kalama is a guy who likes sparkling water and sitting really close to screens in movie theaters. He also enjoys saying things at times, as long as the thing he is saying is right for the time he is saying it at. He is survived by his family and friends.

Jackson Kelly

Jackson Kelly is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Bartow in in Lucky Hank, the Big Shot Manager in The Thing About Pam, the Gasoline Thief in Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion, Sam in My Year of Dicks, and the First Mask in Oak Thorn & The Old Rose of Love.

Darrin Navarro

Editor · Known for Outer Banks

Darrin Navarro, ACE, began his film career in the late 1980s, working as an assistant editor on low-budget exploitation films for independent producers such as Roger Corman and Fred Olen Ray before finding work at the major studios on pictures like Sam Raimi’s Darkman (1990) and Peter Bogdanovich’s The Thing Called Love (1993). In 1995, he assisted on William Friedkin’s Jade, which began a nearly three-decade relationship with the Oscar-winning filmmaker, eventually editing Friedkin’s late-career masterworks, Bug (2005), Killer Joe (2011), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023). Navarro has also collaborated extensively with the director, Azazel Jacobs, including on Terri (2010), and The Lovers (2017); and with James Ponsoldt on The Spectacular Now (2012) and The End of the Tour (2015). His credits for television include episodes of I Love Dick, Ballers, Mozart in the Jungle, Outer Banks, Euphoria, and Cape Fear.

Kenzie Anne

Kenzie Anne started her porn career with an exclusive contract with Vixen after a mainstream modeling career and web camming. Since there were expectations of sex behind the scenes in the world of modeling, it made sense to her to just put those things on camera and do porn. She skipped the casting couches and went straight to glamorous scenes with the industry's top talent and has proven to be an instant and rising superstar. She has always naturally exuded sensuality, and the attention this would bring used to make her uncomfortable, but since the launch of her career she has "found the beauty in taking advantage of everything she'd been sexualized for." She feels empowered by this and says that she has never felt more respected than on a porn set. She's very relaxed on set and 90% of her orgasms on camera are real. The thing that makes her most uncomfortable is when a director asks her to fake an orgasm. She also produces and stars in scenes for her own website with a high-end glam emphasis. Speaking of the scenes she produces herself she's said, "I want to make it beautiful. I want to see every person in this room as beautiful as they can be, and then I want to take them down and make them as dirty as they can be." Sources: "Kenzie Anne at X3 Expo Exclusive interview" (YouTube interview) "Finding Kenzieland: Up Close With Vixen Contract Girl Kenzie Anne" (AVN)

T.K. Carter

Cast · Known for The Thing

Thomas Kent Carter (December 18, 1956 – January 9, 2026) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his roles in Seems Like Old Times (1980) Space Jam (1996) and The Thing (1982).

Niko Terho

Niko Terho is an actor, known for Sno Babies (2020), Sweetbitter (2018) and The Thing About Harry (2020).

Todd C. Ramsay

Editor · Known for The Thing

Todd C. Ramsay is known for Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

Taylor Garron

Cast · Known for Abbott Elementary

Taylor Garron was born on 21 May 1992 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for As of Yet (2021), The Things We Do When We're Alone (2017) and Abbott Elementary (2021).

Sherren Lee

Sherren Lee, a Canadian filmmaker and TV director originally from Taiwan, was raised in Montreal and is currently based in Toronto. She gained recognition for her exceptional 2017 short film, The Things You Think I'm Thinking. Sherren's artistic endeavours are both intentional and imaginative, evoking a sense of stumbling upon a personal and intimate moment. In 2024, Lionsgate will release her debut feature film FLOAT, a captivating beach romance set in British Columbia, which Sherren co-wrote and directed, adapted from the immensely popular novel on Wattpad.

Penny Leatherbarrow

Penny Leatherbarrow is an actress, known for Clockwise (1986), Rosie (1977) and The Things You Do for Love: Black Butterflies (1998).

Michael Chiklis

Cast · Known for The Shield, The Mongoose, Gotham

Michael Charles Chiklis (/ˈtʃɪklɪs/; born August 30, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield (2002–2008), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002 and was nominated in 2003. Other starring television roles of his include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish (1991–1996), Chris Woods in Daddio (2000), Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family (2010–2011), Vincent Savino in the CBS crime drama Vegas (2012), Dell Toledo in American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014), and Nathaniel Barnes in Gotham (2015–2017). In film, he is best known for his roles as The Thing in two Fantastic Four films (2005–2007), George Callister in Eagle Eye (2008), Terry Eidson in When the Game Stands Tall (2014), and Father Dave in Hubie Halloween (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chiklis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Thomas G. Waites

Cast · Known for The Thing

An American actor and acting instructor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Waites runs an acting studio in New York City which is named for him. He has been a member of the Actor's Studio since 1984. Since the 1970s, Waites has appeared in over 30 television and film productions. Some of his credits as a television actor include NYPD Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Oz, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Jury. In film, he appeared in Unwed Father, State of Grace, ...And Justice for All, Gangland, An American Affair, The Warriors, and the John Carpenter film The Thing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas G. Waites, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Samantha Mathis

Cast · Known for American Psycho, The Punisher, The Strain

Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President of SAG-AFTRA. Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Thing Called Love (1993), Little Women (1994), The American President (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), American Psycho (2000), and Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012).

Gregg Berger

Cast · Known for Garfield and Friends, The Transformers: The Movie, The Transformers

Greggory "Gregg" Berger (born December 10, 1950) is an American voice actor, who is known for his iconic role as Odie from the Garfield franchise. His other roles include Jecht from the Final Fantasy franchise, Grimlock from The Transformers, Odie from Garfield and Friends, Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter from Spider-Man, Agent Kay from Men in Black: The Series, The Gromble from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Captain Blue from Viewtiful Joe, Eeyore from Kingdom Hearts II, Hunter the Cheetah from Spyro The Dragon, and The Thing from Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

Renée Zellweger

Cast · Known for Bee Movie, Monsters vs Aliens

Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, she was one of the world's highest-paid actresses by 2007. Born and raised in Texas, Zellweger studied English literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Initially aspiring for a career in journalism, she was drawn to acting following her brief work on stage while in college. Following minor roles in Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994), her first starring role came with the slasher film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994). She rose to prominence with starring roles in the romantic comedy Jerry Maguire (1996), the drama One True Thing (1998), and the black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), winning a Golden Globe Award for the last of these. For portraying Bridget Jones in the romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago (2002), Zellweger gained consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a loquacious farmer in the war film Cold Mountain (2003). She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and, following a career downturn and hiatus, in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series What/If, and portrayed Judy Garland in the biopic Judy, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since starred as Pam Hupp in the NBC crime miniseries The Thing About Pam (2022).