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Michael C. Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Janice (Styons), a guidance counselor, and William Carlyle Hall, who worked for IBM. Michael is a graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. He is known for the titular character "Dexter" in Dexter (2006) and as mortician "David Fisher" in Six Feet Under (2001). His most recent performance on Broadway was as "Hedwig" in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". Previously, Hall portrayed the emcee in "Cabaret", "Billy Flynn" in "Chicago" and "John Jones" in "The Realistic Joneses". Hall has starred in nearly a dozen major off-Broadway plays, including "Macbeth" for the New York Shakespeare Festival, "Cymbeline" for the New York Shakespeare Festival at Central Park's Delacorte Theater, "Timon of Athens" and "Henry V" at the Public, "The English Teachers" for Manhattan Class Company, "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, "Mr. Marmalade" with the Roundabout Theatre Company and "Skylight" at the Mark Taper Forum. Michael C. Hall is performing in independent motion pictures, such as Cold in July (2014) and Kill Your Darlings (2013).

Alexa Blair Robertson was born on 19 May 2000 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Terrifier 3 (2024), Chuck (2007) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017).

Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. She has two older brothers--Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV, who has also acted. Evan and her brothers sometimes performed at Theatre In The Park in Raleigh, which her father founded and where he serves as executive director.

At the age of five she screen-tested against Kirsten Dunst for the lead role in Interview with the Vampire (1994) after a long auditioning process. She moved to Los Angeles with her mom and brother Ira in 1996 and has had success ever since, appearing in a TV series, TV movies and feature films. She has appeared in Practical Magic (1998), starred in the comedy S1m0ne (2002) as Al Pacino's daughter, and followed that with Thirteen (2003), with Holly Hunter. Her breakout role as Tracy in "Thirteen" garnered her a Golden Globes nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama and for a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. At the time of this SAG nomination, she was the youngest actress to be nominated in the Leading Role category. She received a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie" for her portrayal of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011).

She also earned acclaim for her powerful performance as Stephanie, Mickey Rourke's estranged daughter, in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (2008).

Robert Duncan McNeill was born on November 9, 1964 in North Carolina, but raised in Washington, D.C. until his family finally settled down in Atlanta, Georgia. Later, he attended a local high school and, after he graduated, he moved to New York City and enrolled at Juilliard where he spent two years studying the trade. While he was attending Juilliard, he got the role of "Charlie Brent" on the popular ABC daytime drama All My Children (1970). He has also been on many TV shows and movies - including popular shows such as The Twilight Zone (1985), L.A. Law (1986), Sisters (1991), Murder, She Wrote (1984), The Outer Limits (1995), Crossing Jordan (2001), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Lucky Chances (1990), Homefront (1991), Going to Extremes (1992), among others. After he left All My Children (1970), he landed a role in Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical "Into the Woods". His theater background also includes performances in "The Fantastiks - The Boy", "Lucy's Lapses", "Romeo and Juliet", "Six Degrees of Separation", "The Family of Mann", "The Four-H Club", among others.

McNeill's television experience also includes roles in a number of movies such as Masters of the Universe (1987), Mothers, Daughters and Lovers (1989), Spies (1993), One More Mountain (1994), Infested (2002). He made his directorial debut on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and continued on shows such as Dawson's Creek (1998), 9mm of Love (2000), The Battery (1998), Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), Dead Like Me (2003), among others.

Emily Procter is a native of Raleigh, N.C. who attended East Carolina University. "I tried to get in the theatre department," she says, "but it was full." After graduation, however, she moved to Los Angeles and landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996). "Then I got the chance to audition for The West Wing (1999) and I got the part," she says.

Ariana DeBose is an American actress, dancer, and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2022, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

DeBose made her television debut competing on the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2009, where she finished in the top 20. She then made her Broadway debut in Bring It On: The Musical in 2011 and continued her work on Broadway with roles in Motown: The Musical (2013) and Pippin (2014). From 2015 to 2016, she originated the role of The Bullet in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton, and appeared as Jane in A Bronx Tale (2016-2017). In 2018, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Donna Summer in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. In 2022, she hosted the 75th Tony Awards.

DeBose appeared in the Netflix musical film The Prom (2020) and the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021), before gaining widespread recognition for her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg's musical West Side Story (2021). For her performance, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first queer woman of color to receive an Oscar in an acting category.

Liz Vassey began acting at the age of nine, performing in over fifty musicals and plays. She moved to New York at the age of sixteen to join the cast of All My Children. For her work on that show, she was nominated for her first Daytime Emmy. Since then, Liz has appeared as a regular or recurring character on twelve television shows including ER, Maximum Bob, Necessary Roughness, Brotherly Love, Push Nevada, Two and a Half Men, FOX's live action version of The Tick, and, most recently, Season Two of The Tick reboot on Amazon. But she is probably best known for her five year run on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as DNA technician "Wendy Simms." Liz has also guest starred on many TV shows, starred in many pilots, and appeared in several films. In addition to acting, Liz is an accomplished writer. She co-wrote an episode of CSI during her last season, and has since sold six television pilots and a TV movie, developing for such networks and studios as NBC, Freeform, Universal, Netflix, and CW. An avid runner, Liz recently made her directorial debut with the newly released documentary feature, The Human Race, which focuses on runners over the age of fifty. Liz lives in Hollywood with her husband, David Emmerichs, and their combined brood of way too many pets.

Lachlan Watson is an American actor, born and raised in Raleigh, NC. Lachlan was homeschooled from preschool through their graduation from High School. Lachlan got an early start acting in local Raleigh theater companies and working with their family in community theater productions. Lachlan played Jeffery Skilling's daughter in their first professional theater production with Burning Coal Theatre at age 10. Lachlan has been involved in nearly every aspect of the theater production from acting to costumes and dressing and has multiple makeup design credits.

Lachlan's first love of the theater is performing Shakespeare, having acted in over 6 professional and community theater productions of the Bard. As a performer, Lachlan learned trapeze, silks and other aerial skills as well as participated in historical reenactments throughout the region. Lachlan is also working on producing their own professional production of "The Tempest".

Early in their career Lachlan received many acting roles, including an episode of Drop Dead Diva (2009) in which they played a transgender boy fighting for use of the school's bathroom. The episode, Identity Crisis (2014), won a GLAAD Media award in 2015 for Outstanding Individual Episode in a Series without a Regular LGBT character.

They starred as Theo Putnam, a transgender kid in the Netflix original series, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018). They played the characters of Glen/da in the SyFy USA Network series Chucky Season 2.

Lachlan, as one of the youngest self-identified non-binary actor, is an outspoken advocate/activist for LGBTQ+ rights and community. In 2018 Lachlan was featured on a Netflix produced talk segment titled, "What I Wish You Knew: About Being Non-Binary".

They are also interested in fashion photography and jewelry design and have recently attended several fashion shows in Paris as part of Fashion Week.

Hannah Dunne is a series regular (as Lizzie) on Amazon's Golden Globe-winning series Mozart in the Jungle, created by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Alex Timbers. She starred off-Broadway opposite Molly Ringwald in Terms of Endearment. Dunne was seen guest starring opposite Steve Buscemi on season one of Horace and Pete, written and directed by Louis C.K., and previously guested on the FX series Louie. Dunne's film credits include Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha, My Dead Boyfriend, and Richard Loncraine's 5 Flights Up.

Scott Shepherd was born on 30 May 1968 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is an actor, known for Bridge of Spies (2015), Jason Bourne (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).

Aubrey Dollar was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Battle Creek (2015), Filthy Rich (2020) and One Small Hitch (2013). She has been married to Lucas Kavner since 13 June 2015. They have one child.

Peyton Reed is an American film director, screenwriter and producer who is known for directing Bring It On, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He also directed Yes Man, Down with Love and The Break-Up. He directed episodes of The Mandalorian and Back to the Future.

Mimi Kirkland is a film and television actress. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kirkland always had a love for acting and entertaining audiences. In 2013 Kirkland made her big-screen debut, appearing in the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' Safe Haven (2013). Starring opposite Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, Kirkland was a scene-stealer as Lexie - Alex Wheatley's [played by Duhamel] daughter who helps to bring innocence and love back into the lives of her father and his newfound love, Katie [played by Hough]. Cobie Smulders also stars in this Relativity feature, directed by Lasse Hallström.

In 2015, Kirkland appeared on Disney Channel's hit series, Austin & Ally (2011), as Lily, a spunky and energetic fan who begins taking music lessons from Ally so she can hang out with the star. Aside from "Austin & Ally" Kirkland can be seen in the TNT drama series, Murder in the First (2014). Set in San Francisco, "Murder in the First" follows homicide detectives Terry English ( Taye Diggs ) and Hildy Mulligan ( Kathleen Robertson ) as they investigate two seemingly unrelated murders. Kirkland can be seen as Louise Mulligan, Hildy's precocious daughter. In 2016, Kirkland landed a role as Rachel Ward in The Walking Dead (2010) as a member of Oceanside. She appeared in seven episodes during seasons seven through nine.

Rhoda Griffis has acted in more than 150 Film and Television projects, such as WALK THE LINE, ROAD TRIP, THE BLIND SIDE, RUNAWAY JURY, JUST MERCY and THE BANKER. Television credits include series ARMY WIVES, DROP DEAD DIVA, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, MINDHUNTER and recently THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES and OZARK. Her extensive list of Regional Theatre credits include leading roles in MACBETH, RICHARD III, ANGELS IN AMERICA, PROOF, INTIMATE APPAREL, COLLECTED STORIES and DINNER WITH FRIENDS. Rhoda had the honor of playing friend of the Iconic Dolly Parton in A DOLLY PARTON MAGICAL MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS. Ms Griffis holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she serves on the Board of Directors. Rhoda loves being a working actor.

Clayton Holmes Grissom was born on November 30, 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Faye Aiken Parker and Vernon Grissom. When Clay was a teenager, he had a love for teaching and helping young children and later on studied to became a school teacher. When he was about 23 years old, a longtime friend persuaded him to audition for American Idol. When he was 25 years old he released his debut album, "Measure of a Man." (singles from his debut album include: "Invisible," "This Is The Night" and "The Way") His debut album sold over 600,000 copies in the USA in its first week of release. It has sold almost 2.5 million in the US as of 4/16/04.

Colin Fickes was born on 30 January 1980 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Transformers (2007), Over Her Dead Body (2008) and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994).

Jaquel Spivey was born on 13 November 1998 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Mean Girls (2024), Queens of the Dead and Today (1952).

Tyler Davis Barnhardt was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and raised in Matthews, North Carolina right outside of Charlotte. In the seventh grade he was placed in a theatre class that he reluctantly took part in. By the end of seventh grade he received his first part in the musical "Guys and Dolls" and he was hooked on acting. In high school, he knew that was something he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received a BFA in Acting. After school he moved back to Charlotte and made self tapes with his mother in their garage. Tyler now resides in Los Angeles, California.

Captain Kidd Brewer Jr. was born on 27 August 1948 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Abyss (1989), Piranha II: The Spawning (1982) and Under Pressure: Making 'the Abyss' (1993). He died on 22 May 1990 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Eric Freeman was born on 13 July 1965 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987), In Living Color (1990) and Murder Weapon (1989).

Todd was born in Raleigh, N.C., but moved to Texas at the age of three. He started acting in the third grade, doing theater. By the fourth grade, he was doing professional theater at the Alley Theater in Houston. He moved from Houston to Dallas in jr. high, and started his film work. His first big debut, and breakthrough, was with an independent film called 'Across Five Aprils,' which was entered in the Cowboy Hall of Fame. He went to Booker T. Washington High School for Performing & Visual Arts, where he majored in theater. From there, he went to the University of Houston, U.T. and U.T. in Arlington, where he majored in video/film arts.

Heather Simmons was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. She is known for Silver Bullet (1985) and The Rutherford County Line (1987).

Birgundi Angel Baker is an American actor, singer and dancer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Howard University's Musical Theatre Program. Upon moving to Chicago, she attended the Launch Showcase. After the showcase, Birgundi signed with Gray Talent Group and broke into the world of television of film. Birgundi Angel Baker has been listed by Refinery29 as one of the "Top Actresses To Look Out For in 2018".

Brittany is a voice over artist, actor, and producer based in L.A. She was born in Raleigh, NC and has lived all over the US. Having lived on both coasts, she brings a fun, straightforward energy to every project. Fun fact: she knows her way around most power tools, hasn't encountered a sport she didn't excel at, and has been known to hang out with undercover detectives.

Actor Kevin Iannucci, born in Raleigh North Carolina on April 11, 1994. Kevin's love of acting began at the age of 7 when his older brother cast him as the leading actor in several of his short films. He became a member of an inclusive Theater in 2011 where he would be involved with the entire creative process from story inception to stage production. Kevin started taking acting classes through a local community theater North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre (NRACT) and at MoonlightStage Company. His desire to be on the "Big Screen" was realized when he was cast as Larry Ellis in The Best of Enemies (2019). He has continued to land roles in film as Patrick in Embattled (2020) and now as Johnny in Champions(Post Production). Kevin has trained in Tang Soo Do and Jiu-jitsu to help maintain focus and balance in his life.