Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his roles as Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You (1992–1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996–2002), Andy in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002–2021), and as Arthur in the Coen Brothers film A Serious Man (2009).
Kind was born to a Jewish family in Trenton, New Jersey. He grew up in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He attended Pennsbury High School and Northwestern University, where he was in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is also an alumnus of The Second City in Chicago.
Kind began his acting career in Chicago, where he performed in numerous stage productions. He made his Broadway debut in 1984 in the play "The Pirates of Penzance." In 1992, he was cast as Dr. Mark Devanow in the NBC sitcom Mad About You. He remained with the show for its entire run, which ended in 1999.
In 1996, Kind was cast as Paul Lassiter in the ABC sitcom Spin City. He starred in the show for six seasons, until it ended in 2002. In 2002, he began a recurring role as Andy on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. He has appeared in the show in every season since.
Kind has also had a successful film career. He has appeared in over 50 films, including "Clifford" (1994), "Stargate" (1994), "The Station Agent" (2003), "For Your Consideration" (2006), "Hereafter" (2010), "Argo" (2012), "Bombshell" (2019), and "Beau Is Afraid" (2023).
In addition to his acting career, Kind is also a vocal advocate for social justice causes. He is a member of the board of directors of the Creative Coalition, an organization that advocates for the arts in public policy. He is also a supporter of the Human Rights Campaign and the Anti-Defamation League.
Lauren Michael Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the TV series Picket Fences, as Mary Swanson in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber, as Jenny Shepard on the TV series NCIS, and for her relationship with actor Jim Carrey.
Frederick James Prinze Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has starred in films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), She's All That (1999), Summer Catch (2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). Prinze has also had recurring and starring roles in television shows, including Friends (2002), Boston Legal (2004), Freddie (2005–06) and 24 (2010), and voiced Kanan Jarrus in the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels. He is the only child of comedian and actor Freddie Prinze.
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Isabella "Bella" Heathcote was born on May 27, 1987 is an Australian actress. She began her acting career in 2008. Heathcote is know for her role in films Pride & Prejudice + Zombies (2016), The Neon Demon (2016) and Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
Alexander Draper Wolff (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for starring alongside his older brother Nat in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09), which was created by the boys' mother Polly Draper. Wolff and his brother released two soundtrack albums for the series, The Naked Brothers Band and I Don't Want to Go to School, which were co-produced by their father Michael Wolff. Subsequent to the conclusion of the Nickelodeon series, Wolff and his older brother also formed a duo called Nat & Alex Wolff, and they released the album Black Sheep in 2011. Later on, Wolff began focusing his career on further acting roles. He portrayed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Patriots Day (2016) and John "Derf" Backderf in My Friend Dahmer (2017). He also starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), and Hereditary (2018).
Hank Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American film, television and stage actor, director and comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on The Simpsons.
John Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman. Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a country music singer in the 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles. This total includes "I've Been Around Enough to Know", "Country Girls", "What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This)" and "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight", all of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles charts.
Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez (born November 28, 1978) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero on the ABC sitcom George Lopez, Yvonne Sanchez on the CBS period drama Vegas, Jamie Batista on the Showtime drama Dexter and Ella Lopez on the Fox-turned-Netflix drama Lucifer.
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Mia Wasikowska (born 25 October 1989) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut on the Australian television drama All Saints in 2004, followed by her feature film debut in Suburban Mayhem (2006). She first became known to a wider audience following her critically acclaimed work on the HBO television series In Treatment. She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for That Evening Sun (2009).
Wasikowska gained worldwide recognition in 2010 after starring as Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and appearing in the comedy-drama film The Kids Are All Right, a role for which she received the Hollywood Film Festival Award for Breakthrough Actress. She starred in Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011), Gus Van Sant's Restless (2011), John Hillcoat's Lawless (2012), Park Chan-wook's Stoker (2013), Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), John Curran's Tracks (2013), Richard Ayoade's The Double (2013), David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars (2014), and Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak (2015). In 2016, she reprised her role as Alice in the film Alice Through the Looking Glass, and has since appeared in a number of independent films.
Sophie Thatcher is an American actress, born in 2000. She is best known for her role as young Natalie Scatorccio on the Emmy nominated Showtime series, "Yellowjackets".
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈluna alekˈsandeɾ]; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, singer, director, and producer. Following a career in Mexican telenovelas, he has appeared in films including Y tu mamá también; Open Range; Milk; Rudo y Cursi; Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights; The Terminal; and Berlin, I Love You. He plays Cassian Andor in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Andor (2022-), and drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in the first two seasons of Narcos: Mexico.
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Adria Arjona (born April 25, 1992) is a Puerto Rican actress. She is the oldest daughter of Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona and Puerto Rican model Leslie Torres.
Mackenzie Christine Foy (born November 10, 2000) is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying Renesmee Cullen in the 2012 film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which earned her a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film. She portrayed young Murphy in the 2014 space epic Interstellar, for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor among other awards nominations. She starred as Clara in Disney's 2018 film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.
Landry Alexandra Allbright began acting professionally at age 2, starting off in commercials. She continued acting throughout her childhood and landed many roles in film and television. Her most notable roles include Nicolas Cage's daughter Casey Poe in the beloved 90s action hit Con Air, and as young Christine Baranski in Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. She went on to receive a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Emerson College in Boston. As an adult, she has expanded her career to include writing and producing in addition to continuing her work as an actor in film and television.
Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the 1973 acclaimed blockbuster The Exorcist, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, winning one. She reprised her role in 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic, a controversial sequel which had a poor response with both audiences and critics.
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