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  • Sally Field

    Nora Walker

    9.1
    This girlishly attractive actress-the daughter of actress Margaret Field-began her career as the impossibly perky TV "Gidget" in 1965, then went on to play the impossibly perky "The Flying Nun" from 1967 to 1970. Some limited fame and financial rewards accrued, but both roles proved formidable obstacles in Field's subsequent attempt to make it as a serious actress. Things began going her way in the mid 1970s: She played the female lead in the quirky 1976 bodybuilding drama Stay Hungry and a woman with 17 distinct personalities in the compelling breakthrough TV movie Sybil (1976), for which she won an Emmy. A romantic liaison with Burt Reynolds led to their costarring in 1977's Smokey and the Bandit and 1978's Hooper a lighthearted look at movie stuntmen (which echoed her life as the stepdaughter of stuntman extraordinaire Jock Mahoney). In 1979 Field took on a challenging, serious role as a reluctant union organizer in the drama Norma Rae for which she won a Best Actress Academy Award. Field did solid leading work throughout the 1980s, playing an ambitious reporter in 1981's controversial Absence of Malice a haunted widow in Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), and a determined Texas mother in Places in the Heart (1984, one of the more distinguished pictures in that decade's losing-the-farm subgenre; she won another Best Actress Academy Award for that film, occasioning her notorious "You like me" acceptance speech). Like other actresses, she began developing and producing her own film vehicles, leading to such worthwhile projects as Murphy's Romance (1985), Punchline (1988), and Steel Magnolias (1989). She also starred in the melodramatic Not Without My Daughter and the broadly comic Soapdish (both 1991). That same year she wore a producer's hat for the first time on a film in which she did not star: the Julia Roberts tearjerker Dying Young More recently, she provided the voice of Sassy the cat in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), played Robin Williams' estranged wife in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Tom Hanks' mom in Forrest Gump (1994). She returned to TV as star and executive producer of the miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means" (1995).moreless

  • Rachel Griffiths

    Sarah Walker

    9.2
    Rachel Anne Griffiths was born in Newcastle, New South Wales on December 18, 1968.





    Her mother, Anna Griffiths, is an art consultant. Her uncle is a Jesuit priest. Has two older brothers. One brother, Ben, is a ski instructor. Lived on the Gold Coast, Queensland until age five, then moved to Melbourne. Attended Star of the Sea Catholic Girls' College, did well at school and learned ballet. When she was 11, her father left home with an 18 year old woman. She hasn't seen him for years. Her mother was an art teacher at the time and raised the children alone. Has an Education Degree in dance and drama. Worked for the theatre company The Woolly Jumpers, in Geelong. Made famous by Muriel's Wedding (1994). She marrried her husband Andrew Taylor December 31 2002 and together they have 2 children. Banjo Patrick Taylor born in 2003 and Adelaide Rose Taylor in 2005.moreless

  • Gilles Marini

    Luc Laurent (Season 5, Recurring Previously)

    8.2
    Gilles grew up in Europe, the son of a Greek mother and Italian father. He has a sister and brother. He is a model who has appeared in print and TV ads and did runway work. He began acting in 2005 and received small parts in US soap operas and TV shows. He appeared as a French pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He was often referred to as an unnamed "French Guy" or "Italian Guy" due to the small roles. Gilles has received a lot of attention in response to his role of Dante, the handsome and nude neighbor of Samantha in 2008's Sex and the City: The Movie. Afterwards, he was being called the "Naked Guy". Gilles married his French wife Carole in 1998 and they have two children. He speaks French, Italian and English and enjoys playing sports.moreless

  • Luke MacFarlane

    Scotty Wandell (Season 3+, Recurring Previously)

    8.0
    Biography Early life Macfarlane was born Thomas Luke MacFarlane, Jr. in London, Ontario. His father, Thomas (deceased), was the Director of Student Health Services at the University of Western Ontario, and his mother, Penny, is a mental health nurse at a London hospital. Macfarlane attended London Central Secondary School with twin sister Ruth and older sister Rebecca. Acting career Macfarlane studied drama at Juilliard in New York City, where he starred in the productions of Romeo & Juliet, Richard III, The School of Night, Blue Window, The Grapes of Wrath, and As You Like It before graduating from the drama division in 2003. Macfarlane was one of the four leads in Juvenilia at the Playwrights Horizons Theater from November 14December 21, 2003. He played the lead role in the American premiere of the play Where Do We Live, staged at the Vineyard Theatre in May 2004. The production was cited by the 2005 GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding New York Theatre: Broadway and Off-Broadway. He also appeared with Jill Clayburgh and Hamish Linklater in the off-Broadway production of The Busy World is Hushed, again at Playwrights Horizons, in Summer 2006.[1] He reprised his role of Thomas for the L.A. Premiere at the Skirball Cultural Center from February 7-11 of 2007. On television, Macfarlane is perhaps best known for his role as Pvt. Frank "Dim" Dumphy on the 2005 FX network television series Over There. He played opposite Cynthia Nixon in Robert Altman's Tanner on Tanner on the Sundance Channel. At present, Macfarlane has a permanent role on ABC's Brothers & Sisters as Scotty Wandell, husband to one of the "brothers" of the show, Kevin Walker (played by Matthew Rhys). The character of Scotty has been the center of some debate, as his more buoyant personality (contrasting to Kevin's masculinity) has led fans and critics like TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, to be critical of what Ausiello referred to as "Kevin's swishy friend."[2] In the episode "Date Night" it was established that Scotty's "flamboyant" personality was an act, due to being nervous and wanting to feel less insecure. Scotty and Kevin dated for several episodes before they broke up due to Scotty feeling Kevin did not treat him with enough respect. Macfarlane received praise for his portrayal of a type of gay man who is often written and performed in very stereotypical terms. Actor Rhys said that the show received a big reaction when Kevin and Scotty broke up, and that the relationship had "struck a chord".[3] Luke was the last cast member to be added to the FOX pilot, Supreme Courtships, playing the role of conservative Allen Moore, described as a trust fund baby trying to prove he's more than just a legacy in the court. The pilot was not picked up by Fox Broadcasting Company for the 20072008 season. In his latest travail for TV, Macfarlane was cast as the leading role in the upcoming two-part mini-series called Iron Road which filmed in China for five weeks and British Columbia for two weeks. This mini was shot from late April to mid June 2007, and was set to be released in April 2008, though it has not yet aired. Macfarlane was part of the one-night celebrity performed staging of Howard Ashman's unproduced musical "Dreamstuff". The musical was re-imagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series, directed by Ugly Betty's Michael Urie. Luke starred in the show alongside Eden Espinosa, Vicki Lewis, Fred Willard and David Blue (actor).moreless

  • Matthew Rhys

    Kevin Walker

    8.4
    Matthew Rhys is Welsh. He began his acting career on stage, and was a breakout star in plays such as Peaches and the stage-adaptation of The Graduate. His success in Britain led him to television, making him one of the country's hottest exports to the US. He has appeared most recently in the new series Brothers and Sisters on ABC as Kevin Walker, stirring up some talk through his TV relationship with Scotty. Matthew also has an older sister.moreless

  • Calista Flockhart

    Kitty Walker

    8.9
    Calista Flockhart, best know for her role in a hit comedy-drama show "Ally McBeal," was born on November 11th, 1964. She was named after her great-grandmother. It is also her mothers name mixed around. Her mother is named Kay Calista and she is Calista Kat. Her mother Kay, was a school teacher, and her father, Ronald, worked for Kraft Foods Inc. Calista has one older brother, Gary. They moved around a lot during her childhood because of her fathers job. They lived in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York and New Jersey. She attended Rutgers University in New Jersey to study acting. After College she worked in regional theatre in Cleveland, Louisville, Chicago, and Houston for $400 for eight weeks of work. She has an impressive stage and theater repertoire. She is also known for her thinness, which made fans believe that she had bulimia, but she claims that her health is OK. She and actor Harrison Ford have been together for years. Together they adopted a new born child, Liam in 2001. Currently, Calista is starring in the show "Brothers & Sisters".moreless

  • Dave Annable

    Justin Walker

    8.5
    Dave Annable was born in Suffern, New York and grew up in Walden, a small town in upstate New York, with his two sister Rebecca and step-sister Stacey. He has always loved sports; his favorites include hockey, baseball, and rugby. Annable moved to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. He booked a national Starburst commercial two months later and subsequently has shot six more national commercials. He played Brittany Murphy's college boyfriend in the feature Little Black Book, and soon booked two pilots for Fox, including the never aired pilot of Other People's Money, which led to his being cast in the role of "Aaron" in Reunion. Currently, Dave has been casted for the role of "Justin Walker" on ABC's new show, Brothers and Sisters.moreless

  • Patricia Wettig

    Holly Harper (Season 1-5)

    8.0
    Patricia Wettig is best known for her role of Nancy Weston on the award winning ABC drama thirtysomething. She won two emmys for her role as a wife and mother battling cancer, while trying to save her marriage, and find her own artistic talent. Patricia was born in Cincinnati, and was the daughter of a University of Tennessee basketball coach. She started out as a dresser for Shirley MacLaine, and spent 7 years in New York with the Circle Repertory Company. She met Ken Olin on a train going to Portsmouth NH, 1982, where both of them were going to star in a production of "A street car named desire", she as Stella, he as Stanley. She was living with someone, he was engaged to someone else, but they fell in love immediately. They married at her home in Connecticut in 1982. Ken also starred in Thirtysomething. They have two children, Clifford (b 1983) and Roxanne (b 1986). Patricia's other succeses include a role on St. Elsewhere in 1982, stage and film such as Stephen King's The Langoliers, Kansas and several Television movies. She currently has a guest role in the series ALIAS. Patricia was the psychiatrist questioning Vaughn on "Alias." Still working together, her husband Ken is also involved as "Alias" executive producer. Patricia also earned a master's degree in playwriting from Smith College in May 2001 and is currently pursuing a career in writing more than in actingmoreless

  • Ron Rifkin

    Saul Holden

    9.0
    Ron Rifkin is 5' 10" (1.78 m). He is married to Iva Rifkin since 1966.

    Rifkin received a 1998 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Broadway revival of Cabaret. His recent theatre credits include David Hirson's Wrong Mountain, Arthur Miller's Broken Glass, Turgenev's Month in the Country and Neil Simon's Proposals. Rifkin originated the role of Isaac Geldhart in the Jon Robin Baitz play, Substance of Fire, in which he won the Obie, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Drama-Logue awards for Best Actor. The following year, he performed in Baitz's Three Hotels, for which he received a second Lucille Lortel award and Drama Desk nomination.

    Rifkin's film credits include Boiler Room, Keeping the Faith, The Negotiator, L.A. Confidential, the film adaptation of Substance of Fire, Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives and Manhattan Murder Mystery.
    He participated in these movies as well: Last Summer in the Hamptons, Wolf, JFK, The Sting II, The Big Fix, The Sunshine Boys and Silent Running.

    On television, Rifkin has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries, including Flowers for Algernon, Norma Jean and Marilyn, The Sunset Gang, Concealed Enemies, Buying a Landslide, Evergreen, The Winds of War and Dress Gray. He starred in the series, One Day at a Time and The Trials of Rosie O'Neill; and guest starred on ER, Law & Order, Falcon Crest, Soap, Hill Street Blues and The Outer Limits, in which he received a Cable ACE nomination.

    Rifkin has also been seen in the television film, Deliberate Intent, opposite Timothy Hutton; and in Light Up the Sky at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He also appeared in several episodes of Nero Wolfe, with Timothy Hutton directing. Other film projects for 2001 include starring roles in Dragonfly with Kevin Costner, The Majestic with Jim Carrey and Sum of All Fears with Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.

    Rifkin is probably most well known for starring as Arvin Sloane in Alias, with Jennifer Garner. Currently Rifkin stars as Saul Holden in Brothers & Sistersmoreless

  • Kerris Lilla Dorsey

    Paige Whedon

    8.4

  • Balthazar Getty

    Thomas Walker (Season 1-3, Recurring Afterwards)

    8.5
    Balthazar Getty was born on January 22, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. His parents, Gisela Martine Zacher Getty and Jean Paul Getty III, met in Europe. Balthazar has an older half-sister from his mother's previous relationship. His parents divorced when Balthazar was still a child, and his mother moved to San Francisco with him and his sister. In 1987, Getty was discovered by a talent scout and got an audition for the movie adaptation of the classic novel Lord of the Flies. He also starred in the movies Young Guns II and My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys in this period of his life. Since then, he has appeared in several movies, namely Natural Born Killers, Judge Dredd, and Ladder 49 and TV roles such as Alias, Pasadena, and Charmed. During the mid 90's he suffered from a serious addiction to heroin. In 1998, he barely avoided arrest and then decided to pull his life back together. In 2000, he was recovered from his drug abuse and began to work steadily again. In 2006, Getty became part of the ensemble cast of the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters. Balthazar is not only an actor but also a recording artist and a producer. He produced nine tracks on the hiphop band Mannish album Audio Sedative in 1996. In 2004, Scott Thomas and himself (composing the duo Ringside) released their first record. Balthazar can also put "model" on his resum, as he has modeled for Versace, Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger.moreless

  • Emily VanCamp

    Rebecca Harper (Season 1-4, Recurring Season 5)

    9.3
    Born and raised in Port Perry, Ontario, Emily has been performing as a dancer since the young age of 3. At 12, she moved to Montreal after being accepted into the prestigious L'Ecole Superieure de Danse de Quebec, the official training program of Les Grands Ballet Canadiens. When her older sister, Katie, also a dancer, was cast as a ballerina in a film, Emily fell in love with acting while visiting the set. Since then, she has amassed both television and feature film credits. In the television miniseries Jackie O: A Life Story, she portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at the age of 13. She also was a series regular on The WB's Glory Days. She also starred in the WB show Everwood. Emily's film credits include the Sundance Film Festival hit Lost & Delirious, A Different Loyalty, Rings, The Ring Two and No Good Deed opposite Samuel L. Jackson. Emily is currently starring in the hit show Brothers and Sisters.moreless

  • Maxwell Perry Cotton

    Cooper Whedon (Season 2+, Recurring Previously)

    7.7

  • Sarah Jane Morris

    Julia Walker (Season 1-3)

    8.4
    Sarah Jane Morris, born in Memphis, Tennessee, is the youngest of four children. Her parents are very supportive of the arts, and from a young age she was performing in musical theatre and studying ballet. She also studied classical voice from age 12 until she went away to college. Sarah auditioned for Southern Methodist University's voice department but was unable to get in. She, however, got an academic scholarship there and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a minor in French which allowed her to spend a semester living in Paris. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, California with dreams of becoming an actor, but not a clue as to where to begin. During her first week in L.A., she managed to get a commercial agent and booked her first commercial audition. She began studying acting and realized she had a love for the dramatic arts. She started modeling as well, and after about a year of living in L.A. she was able to support herself solely on income from commercials, print work and the occasional guest spots. When Sarah returned to L.A. after two months of working as a model in Tokyo, she booked a recurring role on Felicity and continued to study acting. In 2006, she landed the role of Julia Walker, wife of Balthazar Getty's character, in the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters.moreless

  • John Pyper-Ferguson

    Joe Whedon (Season 1, Recurring Season 2)

    8.7
    Although born in Australia, he lived there for only a short period of time before moving to Canada where he was raised. Personal details on his life are relatively scarce, and that's the way he likes it. What we know of him, as fans, becomes the roles he inhabits. He is known primarily for his television roles which began in 1992 with a recurring role on The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. and continue with 2006 drama Brothers and Sisters where he is a regular cast member. He has appeared with small roles in many features since his film debut in 1987.moreless

  • Rob Lowe

    Robert McCallister

    8.9
    Rob Lowe was a member of the infamous "Brat Pack" in the 1980s. Some other members included Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, and Judd Nelson.
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    Luke Grimes

    Ryan Lafferty (Season 4, Recurring Previously)

    7.9
    Considered by some as a young Johnny Depp, American actor Luke Grimes has slowly made his stride in film and television. From when he started to appear on screen in 2006 up until 2009, Grimes has racked up four films and a major TV network series recurring role to his growing credits. The youngest among four siblings, Luke was born in Dayton, Ohio, and had a very religious upbringing. His family was very supportive of his dream to become an actor, a dream which began at the age of six. After high school, Luke's mother took out a mortgage on the house when he told them about his desire to attend drama school. After studying at New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a brief job pouring concrete back in Ohio to earn some cash, Luke moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. Since 2006, a year after he settled in Hollywood, Luke booked various film projects such as All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, War Eagle, Arkansas, and Assassination of a High School President. In 2008, Luke beat out Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights) and Jason Ritter (Joan of Arcadia) among others for the role of Ryan Lafferty, the illegitimate son of William Walker, on the hit ABC family drama Brothers And Sisters.moreless

  • Isabella Rae Thomas

    Olivia

    9.0

  • Beau Bridges

    Nick Brody

    8.5
    He is one of the most versatile of all the Bridges family members.

    He was born Lloyd Vernet Bridges, III, on December 9, 1941. Parents Lloyd and Dorothy soon deemed him worthy of the nickname "Beau," after the character in the novel they were reading at the time, Gone With the Wind. He was later joined by brother Jeff and sister Cindy, and the family was now complete.

    Like thousands of little boys all over America, Beau was a member of the Cub Scouts. One of the best deeds he ever did was one he probably would have done anyway, even without the encouragement of the scouting program - He realized that their father's frequent work out of town was leaving a void in Jeff's life, so Beau spent extra time with him to make up for it. Consequently, the brothers are still very close.

    He has been married twice and is the father of five children - two with his first wife, Julie, and three with his present wife, Wendy. Of all his children, it appears that Jordan is following most in his footsteps, having appeared in twelve films and several television shows so far. Beau has carried on more family traditions than just show business, however. Devotion to his family has been evident throughout his life. As a boy, he loved sports and taught his little brother how to play baseball. Just as his father coached Beau's long-ago Little League team, Beau did the same for his children. Lloyd had given his young sons parts in his television series, and Beau cast his children in some of his films, too. In fact, the Outer Limits episode entitled "The Sandkings" was quite fortunate to have three generations of Bridges working together in it - Lloyd, Beau, and his son Dylan. Lloyd and Beau both starred in the Harts of the West series, then worked together again in one of the patriarch's final films,     Meeting Daddy.

    While he has appeared in about a hundred films and dozens of television shows to date, he doesn't limit himself to just acting. He's also a gifted director and producer. In a series of Defenders TV movies, for instance, he worked his way up from producer, to co-executive producer, and finally to executive producer. He's a very hard worker and has learned many different aspects of his craft.

    A music lover, he has been described as honest, loyal, humble, outgoing, and competitive. He might be a very important presence in the entertainment industry, but he is just as vital to his family. It would be quite difficult to do both well, but it appears that this man has met the challenge.

    He was working as Major General Henry "Hank" Landry in the hit tv show Stargate SG-1, until the TV show ended in 2007.moreless

  • David Burke

    Jack Bishop

    8.1

  • Kerris Lilla Dorsey

    Paige Whedon

    8.4

  • Luke MacFarlane

    Scotty Wandell

    8.0
    Biography Early life Macfarlane was born Thomas Luke MacFarlane, Jr. in London, Ontario. His father, Thomas (deceased), was the Director of Student Health Services at the University of Western Ontario, and his mother, Penny, is a mental health nurse at a London hospital. Macfarlane attended London Central Secondary School with twin sister Ruth and older sister Rebecca. Acting career Macfarlane studied drama at Juilliard in New York City, where he starred in the productions of Romeo & Juliet, Richard III, The School of Night, Blue Window, The Grapes of Wrath, and As You Like It before graduating from the drama division in 2003. Macfarlane was one of the four leads in Juvenilia at the Playwrights Horizons Theater from November 14December 21, 2003. He played the lead role in the American premiere of the play Where Do We Live, staged at the Vineyard Theatre in May 2004. The production was cited by the 2005 GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding New York Theatre: Broadway and Off-Broadway. He also appeared with Jill Clayburgh and Hamish Linklater in the off-Broadway production of The Busy World is Hushed, again at Playwrights Horizons, in Summer 2006.[1] He reprised his role of Thomas for the L.A. Premiere at the Skirball Cultural Center from February 7-11 of 2007. On television, Macfarlane is perhaps best known for his role as Pvt. Frank "Dim" Dumphy on the 2005 FX network television series Over There. He played opposite Cynthia Nixon in Robert Altman's Tanner on Tanner on the Sundance Channel. At present, Macfarlane has a permanent role on ABC's Brothers & Sisters as Scotty Wandell, husband to one of the "brothers" of the show, Kevin Walker (played by Matthew Rhys). The character of Scotty has been the center of some debate, as his more buoyant personality (contrasting to Kevin's masculinity) has led fans and critics like TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, to be critical of what Ausiello referred to as "Kevin's swishy friend."[2] In the episode "Date Night" it was established that Scotty's "flamboyant" personality was an act, due to being nervous and wanting to feel less insecure. Scotty and Kevin dated for several episodes before they broke up due to Scotty feeling Kevin did not treat him with enough respect. Macfarlane received praise for his portrayal of a type of gay man who is often written and performed in very stereotypical terms. Actor Rhys said that the show received a big reaction when Kevin and Scotty broke up, and that the relationship had "struck a chord".[3] Luke was the last cast member to be added to the FOX pilot, Supreme Courtships, playing the role of conservative Allen Moore, described as a trust fund baby trying to prove he's more than just a legacy in the court. The pilot was not picked up by Fox Broadcasting Company for the 20072008 season. In his latest travail for TV, Macfarlane was cast as the leading role in the upcoming two-part mini-series called Iron Road which filmed in China for five weeks and British Columbia for two weeks. This mini was shot from late April to mid June 2007, and was set to be released in April 2008, though it has not yet aired. Macfarlane was part of the one-night celebrity performed staging of Howard Ashman's unproduced musical "Dreamstuff". The musical was re-imagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series, directed by Ugly Betty's Michael Urie. Luke starred in the show alongside Eden Espinosa, Vicki Lewis, Fred Willard and David Blue (actor).moreless

  • Rob Lowe

    Robert McCallister

    8.9
    Rob Lowe was a member of the infamous "Brat Pack" in the 1980s. Some other members included Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, and Judd Nelson.
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    Paul Cassell

    Gary Morris

    8.2

  • Roxy Olin

    Michelle McGregor

    9.0

  • Matt Letscher

    Alec Tyler

    8.6
    Matt Letscher is best known for the role of Gavin Stone in Good Morning Miami back in 2002-2004. He has over 40 acting credits to his name. On television he is most often cast as nonrecurring series roles, and has starred in such movies as The Mask of Zorro and Gods and Generals. Most recently he appeared in five episodes of The New Adventures of Old Christine as Burton. He has also written and a play called Sea of Fools.

    He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and frequently works with Jeff Daniels.moreless

  • Peter Gerety

    Dennis York

    8.5
    His acting career began with his participation in productions at the Charles Playhouse while he was a student at Boston University. He worked with a theater group from Providence, Rhode Island called the Trinity Square Repertory Company. He has performed on Broadway multiple times and is at ease on stage and on the screen.moreless

  • Jon Tenney

    Dr. Simon Craig

    9.2
    Jon Tenney was born December 16,1961, the youngest of four children, and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. He was drawn to the stage at an early age after seeing his first childhood play. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre and acted in over 150 plays. While double-majoring at Vassar in drama and philosophy, he continued his training, performing with the Williamstown Theatre Festival during his summers off.
    After graduation, Tenney studied at Julliard, but took a break to join the national touring company of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing", directed by Mike Nichols. While playing the title role in an off-Broadway production of Tartuffe, he was cast in Up in Saratoga, which subsequently led to his being cast as the lead in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. A newspaper review of the production came to the attention of the producers of the TV hit, "Murphy Brown," who cast Tenney as Miles' older brother, a guest-starring appearance that launched his career on television.
    Jon appeared on many series throughout the first few years of his career including "Crime & Punishment," "Dirty Dozen: The TV Serie" and most notably ABCs Drama "Equal Justice" which ran in 1991 and co-starred Sarah Jessica Parker
    Jon has had numerous starring roles on and off broadway shows. His biggest to date being "The Heiress" where he preformed the starring role opposite Joan Allen. Many of the off-broadway shows Jon starred in include, Brighton "Beach Memoirs" "Biloxi Blues," "The Substance of Fire," "Sweet Sue," "Beggers in The House Of Plenty" and "A Shayna Maidel."
    In 1993 Jon was set up on a "blind date" with a young actress, who had herself vowed to never again date an actor. During the course of the evening, this young actress felt ignored and decided to finish her conversation with a ficus plant, it was at this moment that Jon fell in love with Teri Hatcher. They wed on May 27, 1994 in Jon's hometown and spent their honeymoon in New York city. Making spots in Greenwich Village and FaoSwartz where Teri bought Jon a model airplane and Jon purchased a teddy bear for his bride
    Marriage can be hard when you are separated from your spouse. While Teri was in Los Angeles filming "Lois & Clark", Jon was in New York appearing on stage in The Heiress.
    Love has no bounds, as Teri would get on a plane on Friday night, fly to New York to spend two days with her husband, then get back on a plane on Sunday to go back to her job.
    In 1996 Jon started work on a new show for CBS titled "Good Company." It was an ensemble cast, but Jon was the star (his name was first), making it easier on the marriage because now both Jon and Teri were in LA and both were working.
    "Good Company" was canceled by May, after only six excellent episodes aired. After this, Jon went back to the stage, but this time it was in Los Angeles.
    Just as Jon's film career was taking off in movies such as Fools Rush In and Showtimes "Twilight Of The Golds", Teri's seemed to be crashing. Despite strong scripts and even stronger acting, "Lois & Clark" was falling in the ratings, mainly due to ABC's lack of advertising, and after numerous rumored reports, "Lois & Clark" was canceled May 21, 1997.
    The cancellation may have just been a blessing in disguise for Teri, just as her tv life was ending, her real life was growing. On May 2, 1997 the whole country, and even the world knew what Teri and Jon had known for weeks prior, that Teri was pregnant with their first child.

    In September of 1997, Jons new Steven Bochco cop drama "Brooklyn South" premiered to rave reviews, and on November 10, 1997 Jon and Teri welcomed their new daughter, Emerson Rose, into the world.

    Unfortunately someone has to lose in the ratings war, and "Brooklyn South" was falling far in that department; by the end of the season in April 1998, everyone knew the show would not be coming back for another year
    It's been over a year since "Brooklyn South" ended and in that time Jon has appeared on variety shows and an off broadway play with Holly Hunter titled "The Impossible Marriage" which remained sold out throughout it's performances.
    Jon's new show Get Real premiered on September 8th, 1999 on FOX to mixed reviews and only lasted one season before it was cancelled in May 2000.
    Unfazed as always, Jon went on to star in "Current Events," an off-broadway play about a young boy confused about his sexuality. Jon protrayed the boys ever busy uncle and was of course, excellent. I was able to see the play from the first row and can attest to Jon's greatness on stage.
    Jon also co-starred in the Sundance Film Fesitival Grand Prize Winner "You Can Count On Me" with Laura Linney and Matthew Broderick. This film is also a top contender for an Oscar Nomination.
    You can next catch Jon in the NBC sitcom "Kristin" which is to premiere on NBC sometime in March 2001.moreless

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    Evan McCallister

    0.0

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    Evan McCallister

    0.0
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