Commander In Chief
ABC (ended 2006)
Cast & Crew
EDIT
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Geena Davis
Mackenzie Allen
Enrolled in New England College-then transferred to Boston University where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1979. She moved to New York and had a few odd jobs, perhaps the most unusual was working as a "mannequin" in a department store window.Her stunning beauty and ability to draw crowds of window shoppers led her become a model.She even did a modeling job was for Victoria's Secre, looking fabulous in their lingerie. In 1982 she made her acting debut in television on a situation comedy "Buffalo Bill", where she also wrote an episode for the show. She went on to win a recurring role as a maid on the widely popular sitcom "Family Ties"(1982-1989). Her first feature film appearance was with Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie" (1982). The TV and film debuts led her to become a much sought after actress with many successful films in the '80's. She earned an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for her uniquely acted role in "The Accidental Tourist". She continued to reign supreme in her work into the '90's with her Oscar nomination for a four star role in "Thelma and Louise". Many fans also loved her cutting edge performance in "A Long Kiss Goodnight", where she did her own stuntwork and really kicked the "bad guys' butt, as Charly "the spy". She continues to delight her fans who can see her every week in her sitcom "The Geena Davis Show"- Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. on ABC... (For a complete list of her work please see below)moreless -
Kyle Secor
Rod Calloway
Kyle Secor was born in Tacoma and grew up in the small town of Federal Way, Washington. He became interested in acting at a young age and performed in school plays. He caught the attention of a couple of agents and, in 1987, was cast in the popular NBC daytime drama, Santa Barbara. Secor followed Santa Barbara with an impressive list of other feature-film and television roles. He appeared in the movies Sleeping with the Enemy, City Slickers, and Drop Zone. He also had a recurring role on the award-winning NBC drama, St. Elsewhere, and guest-starred on ABC's NYPD Blue finally landing a lead role on the NBC drama, Homicide from 1993-1999. Following Homicide, he had recurring roles on Fox's Party of Five and UPN's Veronica Mars as well as working as a regular on numerous other primetime dramas, including City of Angels on CBS and Philly on ABC. In addition to acting, Secor has also dabbled in directing, and in fact directed a number of episodes of Homicide over the course of the series.moreless -
Donald Sutherland
Nathan Templeton
Donald was born in Sain John, New Brunswick, Canada to Dorothy McNichol and Frederick Sutherland, with Scottish roots on his mother's side. He grew up in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. His mother was a mathematics teacher, and his father was head of the local bus, gas and electric company. As a child he suffered from polio, hepatitis and rheumatic fever.
He studied at Victoria College, University of Toronto where he graduated in Engineering and Drama. They then went to London to study at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
At first he worked in the UK, on TV and Film, working with Christopher Lee, and venturing into the war film genre. A gradual build up in his career resulted in his ultimate great success and reputation as a Hollywood Great.
Donald's first wife was Lois Hardwick, and they were married for 7 years (1959-1966). He had twins with his second wife, Shirley Douglas (1966-1970) (Kiefer and Rachel), and three sons with his current wife, Francine Racette (Rossif, Angus and Roeg), whom he has been married to since 1972. Shirley's father was Tommy Douglas, acclaimed Member of the Canadian House of Commons.
As of 2008, Donald has a home in Georgeville, Quebec.moreless -
Caitlin Wachs
Rebecca Calloway
Cailtin Wachs was born on March, 15 1989 and has been modeling since she was 5 years old, but stopped modeling when she was 7. She was in movies like"My Dog Skip" with Frankie Muniz, Air Bud 3 & 4, 13 Days, The Next Best Thing, Shiloh 2, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Inspector Gadget 2. She has also been in TV shows such as Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our lives, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Popular, Early Edition, Judging Amy, and The Profilers. Cailtin earned a Hollywood Reporter 'young star award' and had been nomination for several awards. Family Affair was the first TV show Cailtin got to play as a teenager. She played the President's daughter Rebecca Calloway on The Commander in Chief, 2005-2006. Cailtin loves comedy and she will be shooting a new show with Molly Shannon. Cailtin lives at home with her family, two cats and two dogs. In her spare time she enjoys learning to surf and playing the guitar. Caitlin was nominated for best actress from the premiere DVD awards in 2003 for Air Bud: Seventh Inning Stretch. She was the only kid nominated.moreless -
Matt Lanter
Horace Calloway
Matt Lanter was born in northeastern Ohio, but later moved to Atlanta, Georgia, when he was eight years old. He spent much of his time playing sports, including baseball, football and golf. His love for baseball led him to a position as a batboy with the Atlanta Braves.
After high school, Matt's interest in the film and television industry created a strong desire to pursue acting. While studying at the University of Georgia, he decided to move to Los Angeles to follow his dreams of making it a career.
Shortly after his move, Matt landed a recurring role on Fox's "Point Pleasant." He has also appeared on ABC's "8 Simple Rules" and HBO's "Big Love," as well as done modeling jobs and national commercials.
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Jasmine Jessica Anthony
Amy Calloway
Jasmine declared her acting intentions at three years old when, on December 11th, 1999 she stated: "Mommy, I want to be an actor" and the next day she said "Mommy, I want to be a GOOD actor". We waited a year to see if she remained interested, which she did, and went about getting her the first agent, (Doug Murphy at BBA) and taking acting classes with the awesome Stanzi Stokes at Dee Wallace Stones Studio, and continuing her dance training. She started auditioning, did a couple student films, and then booked her first feature, directed by Mr. Steven Spielberg. Catch Me If You Can opens on Christmas Day, 2002 and Jasmine is playing Leonardo DiCaprio's sister. She also will have two national commercials airing, for Microsoft and JC Penneys!
Jasmine loves animals, she has a mini horse named Starman, 2 llamas, chickens, Bengal cats, dogs, parrots goats and an emu named Ruby.moreless -
Ever Carradine
Kelly Ludlow
Acting is for Ever. The young Carradine succumbed to that inescapable notion while striving to forge her own path outside of Hollywood. Though the first in her famous family to earn a college degree, her anthropology and sociology studies fell by the wayside upon switching her major to theater. Carradine's endeavors have seemingly paid off, as she most recently starred as love interest to John Corbett on the lauded FX original series, "Lucky," for which her character was hailed as both "endearing and adorable." She will next star as press secretary to President Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis) -- the first female President -- in Rod Lurie's ABC fall drama, "Commander-in-Chief." In the few short years since she graduated from Portland's Lewis & Clark College, Carradine has garnered a string of memorable television roles, including a recurring role as the earnest airhead, "Pepper," on NBC's "Veronica's Closet," and as Neve Campbell's rival, "Rosalie," on FOX's "Party of Five." She also achieved series regular status on ABC's Emmy Award-winning drama, "Once and Again." Additional television credits include "Will & Grace," "CSI," "House," "Just Shoot Me," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "Alright Already," HBO's Emmy Award-winning "Tracy Takes On...," NBC's "Conrad Bloom," with Linda Lavin, and the NBC telefilm "Born into Exile." Carradine's feature film credits include Columbia Pictures' "Life Without Dick," as best friend to Sarah Jessica Parker; Kevin Smith's Miramax release, "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"; Disney's "The Bubble Boy," with Jake Gyllenhaal; and Dimension's "My Boss' Daughter," opposite Ashton Kutcher. She also stars in the thriller "Dead & Breakfast." Prior credits include the role of Ginger in "Lost & Found," with David Spade, "Foxfire" with Angelina Jolie, "Ropewalk," and her debut as Dennis Quaid's daughter in "The Right Stuff." When not honing her craft, Carradine enjoys horseback riding, bowling and playing Scrabble. She resides in Los Angeles.moreless -
Harry J. Lennix
Jim Gardner
Harry Joseph Lennix III was born in 1964, the youngest of four siblings on Chicago's south side. He attended Northwestern University, where he majored in Theater. After graduation he taught Music and English for several years while maintaining an active stage career and even fitting in a bit of Hollywood, starring in The Five Heartbeats and The Mary Thomas Story.
In 1989 Lennix founded Legacy Productions with renowned Chicago director Chuck Smith, dedicated to mounting historically significant plays about the African American experience. He and Smith are on staff at the Goodman Theatre.
Following the advice of his former ate and current manager, Lennix moved to New York to build his acting career, which he has done very successfully. Since then, he has appeared in a number of films and several television series in a guest or recurring role. In the sixth season of FOX' action drama hit series 24, Lennix played a prominent role as Walid Al-Rezani. In 2008, he was cast as Boyd Langton in Joss Whedon's sci-fi drama on FOX, Dollhouse.
Lennix has directed and appeared in many theatre productions across the country. He received the first annual Ollie Award for his performance of Malcolm X at the Goodman, and two Joseph Jefferson Citations for his roles in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Caught in the Act. He directed the stage version of Townsend's The Five Heartbeats. which received three NAACP Theater Award nominations, and also starred as King Hedley II at the Mark Taper Forum. In 2001, Lennix was part of the first American company to be invited to the Royal Shakespeare Company in the production of Cymbeline For Steppenwolf he directed The Glass Menagerie.
Other awards include a Black Reel Award for Best Actor for Keep the Faith, Baby -- and for which he received nominations for an NAACP Image Award and Golden Satellite Award. He also received a Golden Satellite for Best Supporting Role in a Drama for Titus and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Ray.
Lennix serves on the advisory boards of Chicago's Congo Square Theater and The Robey Theater in Los Angeles. He is active in civic groups and sits on the Northwestern University Advisory Council.moreless -
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Richard "Dickie" McDonald
Mark-Paul Gosselaar has starred in many hit TV shows such as NYPD Blue and Commander in Chief. Mark-Paul has been cast as the star of the new TNT series, Raising the Bar, a legal drama from the production company of Steven Bochco.
Mark-Paul also starred opposite Sharon Lawrence in Atomic Twister on TBS. He was in NBC's The Princess and the Marine portraying U.S. Marine Jason Johnson, based on a real-life tale of forbidden love. Gosselaar played Dennis Sweeny in the WB's coming-of-age series, Hyperion Bay and starred in producer Dick Wolf's NBC drama, D.C.. Mark-Paul is probably best known for his role on the popular NBC Saturday morning comedy, Saved by the Bell, in which he played the charming Zack Morris. Mark-Paul's sporting interests include hockey, motorcycle racing and motorcross racing. He is also an avid pilot.moreless -
James Spies
Producer
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Steven Bochco
Producer
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Alexander Shevchenko
Executive Producer
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Dee Johnson
Executive Producer
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Marc Frydman
Executive Producer
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Rod Lurie
Executive Producer
Rod Luire was born in Israel on May 15th 1962. At a young age his family moved to the U.S. where they lived in Greenwich, Connecticut and Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1984 he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served in the army for four years. After the army he began a carrer as an entertainment reporter and movie critic. He currently lives in Pasadena, California with his wife, Gretchen, and two kids, Hunter and Paige.moreless -
Rod Lurie
Creator
Rod Luire was born in Israel on May 15th 1962. At a young age his family moved to the U.S. where they lived in Greenwich, Connecticut and Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1984 he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served in the army for four years. After the army he began a carrer as an entertainment reporter and movie critic. He currently lives in Pasadena, California with his wife, Gretchen, and two kids, Hunter and Paige.moreless
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