Futurama

Thursday 10:00 PM on Comedy Central

Cast & Crew

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  • Katey Sagal

    Voice of Turanga Leela

    9.6

    Katey Sagal was born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19th, 1954 in Hollywood, California. Katey was born to a show business family including Boris Sagal, an Ukrainian-American director, and SaraSagal, a producer, and sister to famous "Double Mint Twins", Jean and Liz Sagal and finally, Joe Sagal. Sagal and her siblings grew up in the Mandeville Canyon section of Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. After she finished her basic education, she went on to seek a higher education at The California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. She began her film career in 1971, when she began to star in small roles in made for television movies. Starting in 1973, she became a backup vocalist for many famous musicians such as Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Gene Simmons and Tanya Tucker. Then, in 1975, she joined the rock band, The Group with No Name. Following this, she returned to television, gaining a role in the situation comedy, Mary. Later she went on to gain roles in several successful television series, such as Married, With Children and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter, later shortened to 8 Simple RUles.

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  • Billy West

    Voice of Philip J. Fry, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, Dr. John A. Zoidberg

    9.7
    Billy west is a voice actor, who has served on various animated programs, live-action films, video games and radio shows. He has also written several television episodes.
  • John DiMaggio

    Voice of Bender Bending Rodriguez (Bending Unit 22)

    9.6
    John DiMaggio is an Italian-American voice actor, and a native of North Plainfield, New Jersey, known primarily for playing the robot Bender in the 20th Century Fox animated series, Futurama. He also voiced Hak Fu in Jackie Chan Adventures, The Scotsman on Samurai Jack, Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed in Kim Possible, and Brother Blood on Teen Titans. DiMaggio is a former stand-up comedian. He is also known as the English voice of Wakka of Besaid and Kimahri Ronso in the RPGs Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 and Rhino in the video game Spider-Man 2. Lately he voiced General Grievous' first appearance only in Volume 1 of Star Wars: Clone Wars. He also provided the voice of Fu Dog of American Dragon: Jake Long. He has also several on-screen credits, such as Steve Ballmer in the docudrama about the history of Microsoft-Apple Computer, Pirates of Silicon Valley, as a recurring character Dr. Sean Underhill on Chicago Hope.moreless
  • David Herman

    Voice of Mayor Poopenmayer, Professor Ogden Wernstrum, Scruffy, Toronga Morris, Larry Dwayne, Additional Voices

    9.6
  • Lauren Tom

    Voice of Amy Wong, Inez Wong, Additional Voices

    8.5
    Lauren Tom was raised in Highland Park, Illinois as part of the only Asian family in a largely Jewish neighborhood. She started as a dancer with the Hubbard St. Dance Company and at 17 moved to New York to perform in "A Chorus Line" on Broadway. She has also performed on Broadway in "Hurlyburly" and "Doonesbury" and in numerous plays at the New York Shakespeare Festival including "American Notes" for which she received an Obie Award. She has worked with directors Peter Sellars and Joanne Akalaitis at the Goodman Theater, The Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and the Kennedy Center. Film credits include "The Joy Luck Club," "Cadillac Man," "Mr. Jones," "When A Man Loves a Woman," "Bad Santa," and "In Good Company". On television she currently has a starring role as Mai Washington on "Men in Trees". Lauren is an accomplished voiceover actress and has starring roles as Minh on "King of the Hill," and as Amy Wong on "Futurama." "Lauren's writing credits include "Tiger on the Right" for which she won a DramaLogue Award in 1991.



    Lauren Tom writes and performs in her solo-performance show "25 Psychics," which is a look at her own life as a self-professed "New Age Seeker." She has done everything from growing her own fungus to fire-walking in her quest, ultimately discovering her own grandmother as a source of wisdom and comfort. The humor at the heart of the work rests in the similarities and differences between herself and the powerful family matriarch underscoring our own difficulties as creatures from (if not of) a tradition while still living in the modern world. Tom portrays a host of characters including a few of the title's psychics who she meets along the way to becoming her own woman.



    Tom is a featured performer with Great Leap's productions of "A Slice of Rice" and "A Slice of Rice, Frijoles and Greens."moreless
  • Tress MacNeille

    Voice of Mom, Linda the Newscaster, Additional Voices

    9.6
    Tress MacNeille is one of the most renowned voice actors in the industry. Many heavyweights in the business consider her amongst the most talented voice actors in history. A veteran of the industry, she has been doing voice overs since the late 1970s; a few of her credits include Dot Warner, Hello Nurse, Marita Hippo, and Miss Flamiel from Animaniacs, Babs Bunny of Tiny Toon Adventures, the teacher on Casper (the animated series), Chip and Gadget of Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Mom and many others on Futurama, Opal Windbag and several extras from Darkwing Duck, Lady Bane of Gummi Bears, Hey Arnold's Grandmother, Cho-Cho, Pepper Mills, Toast, and World's Oldest Woman on Histeria, Shenzi on Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa, Charlotte from Rugrats, Aladdin's Queen Deluca of Mesmoria, and various voices on The Simpsons (including many of the residents at the retirement home). People are usually surprised to find out how many shows Ms Macnielle has actually appeared on, totalling almost 200 projects to date. Although she has an enormous range, she tends to do mostly older or totally insane characters (or both). Ms MacNeille was nominated for the 1995 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in the Field of Animation for Dot Warner and the 1997 Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female in a Television Production for Debbie Douglas in Freakazoid.moreless
  • Frank Welker

    Voice of Nibbler, Additional Voices

    9.5
    Frank's first job was to talk for Fred on "Scooby-Doo Where are You". He is well known as the "Voice God", because he has done so many voice overs. He grew up with his brother Norman in Denver, Colorado.
  • Phil LaMarr

    Voice of Hermes Conrad, Lionel Preacherbot, Additional Voices

    9.5
    Phil LaMarr is an American actor and voice actor. He is a graduate of Harvard High School in North Hollywood and Yale University, technically making him alumni of both Harvard and Yale.
  • Maurice LaMarche

    Voice of Kif Kroker, Morbo, Walt, Raoul, Additional Voices

    9.5
    Maurice LaMarche was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 30, 1958. Shortly after his birth, he and his family moved to Timmins, Ontario. During his childhood, he slowly gained a talent and love for mimicry (Impressionalism). Later on this love of mimicry turned into a love of stand up comedy. At 19, he performed at an open mic night, to displeasing results. Unperturbed, the 22 year old moved on to Los Angeles, California to have a try at show business. He was unsucessful. Instead, he moved to New York City, where he finally found success.moreless
  • Kath Soucie

    Voice of Cubert J. Farnsworth, Additional Voices

    9.5
    Kath Soucie is a voice actress who lives in Los Angeles, though she began her entertainment career in New York, as a theatrical actress. However, she was soon offered some roles in some television episodes and various movies, which is why she moved to Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, she soon got into the voice acting field and with her natural talent for a wide array of voices, she has quickly become one or the more sought after voice actresses in recent times.moreless
  • John DiMaggio

    Voice of Sal, Chef Elzar, Additional Voices

    9.6
    John DiMaggio is an Italian-American voice actor, and a native of North Plainfield, New Jersey, known primarily for playing the robot Bender in the 20th Century Fox animated series, Futurama. He also voiced Hak Fu in Jackie Chan Adventures, The Scotsman on Samurai Jack, Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed in Kim Possible, and Brother Blood on Teen Titans. DiMaggio is a former stand-up comedian. He is also known as the English voice of Wakka of Besaid and Kimahri Ronso in the RPGs Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 and Rhino in the video game Spider-Man 2. Lately he voiced General Grievous' first appearance only in Volume 1 of Star Wars: Clone Wars. He also provided the voice of Fu Dog of American Dragon: Jake Long. He has also several on-screen credits, such as Steve Ballmer in the docudrama about the history of Microsoft-Apple Computer, Pirates of Silicon Valley, as a recurring character Dr. Sean Underhill on Chicago Hope.moreless
  • Dawnn Lewis

    Voice of LaBarbara Conrad

    7.1
    Dawnn Lewis was born August 13, 1960. She is remembered mostly from her role as Jalessa Vinson on "Different World, A" (1987). Dawnn helped compose the theme song that was used for the series. She left the show in 1992 to join the cast of "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1992) as Robin Dumars. In 1995-1996 she continued a career in acting doing mostly voiceovers which include a character on "Spider-Man" (1995), "Bruno The Kid" (1996) and the movie "C Bear And Jamal" (1996) (TV). In 1998, she helped write the movie Black Jaq (1998) (TV). She continues to make guest appearances on various shows.moreless
  • Billy West

    Voice of Captain Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong, Additional Voices

    9.7
    Billy west is a voice actor, who has served on various animated programs, live-action films, video games and radio shows. He has also written several television episodes.
  • Dan Castellaneta

    Robot Devil

    9.7
    Dan was born in September, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. He is an Italian-American, and his mother was Elsie, who passed away in February 2008. He has two younger sisters, Paula and Gina. He was educated at the Oak Park and River Forest High School and attended Northern Illinois University. After graduating, Castellaneta went on to work at Chicago's comedy troupe, The Second City. Though he first made his acting debut in the film Nothing in Common, he is most noteable for his voice-acting. He was once a part of The Tracey Ullman Show providing the voice for Homer Simpson and various other characters that appeared in short animated cartoons. Later the popularity of the animated shorts resulted in the popular half-hour series known as the The Simpsons. From the Simpsons debut in December 17th, 1989, Castellaneta has provided the voice of Homer Simpson and many other characters. He has provided the voice of several characters in movies, animated TV shows, and on film, including the Genie in Aladdin, Disney's animated series and in the 2002 RPG Kingdom Hearts, Grandpa Phil on the Nickelodeon show Hey Arnold!, Jonathan of Rugrats and many others. Dan has released two CDs as of 2008 on Oglio Records. His first CD was Two Lips, which was released on February 22nd, 2000. His second CD, I Am Not Homer, was released on the 23rd of April, 2002. Dan has been married to actress/writer Deb Lacusta since 1987.moreless
  • John Goodman

    Evil Santa Claus Robot

    9.4
    His first TV appearance was in a Burger King commercial where he had no lines.
    With a talent as large as his girth, John Goodman proved himself as both a distinguished character actor, and an engaging leading man. Hailing from Affton, Missouri, a small unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Goodman went to Southwest Missouri State University on a football scholarship, but an injury compelled him to seek out a less strenuous major. He chose the university Drama Department, attending c l a s s e s with such aspiring actresses as Tess Harper and Kathleen Turner. Moving to New York in 1975, John supported himself by performing in children's and dinner theater, taking walk-on or bit parts in Off-Off Broadway, and appearing in television commercials to subsidize his income as a bouncer.
    Goodman made his off-Broadway debut in a 1978 staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and, a year later, graduated to Broadway in Loose Ends (1979). His best received Broadway showing was as the drunken, brutish Pap in Big River, Roger Miller's 1985 musical adaptation of Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He has occasionally played out and out villains, or louts (ie. roles in The Big Easy in 1987 and Barton Fink in 1991), but his essential likeableness endeared him to audiences, even when his onscreen behavior was at its least sympathetic.
    John contributed topnotch supporting appearances to such films as Everybody's All-American (1988), Sea of Love (1989), Stella (1989), and Arachnophobia (1990), playing a comical, macho exterminator. He starred in such films as King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992, as Babe Ruth), Born Yesterday (1993), and The Flintstones (1994, as Fred Flintstone). Goodman did some of his best work in Matinee (1992), in which he starred as William Castle-esque horror flick entrepreneur Lawrence Woolsey, then topped himself in The Big Lebowski (1998), playing a quirky security store owner. He was seen the following year with Nicolas Cage and Ving Rhames in Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead as an ambulance driver.
    Between 1988 and 1997, John appeared as blue-collar patriarch, Dan Conner, on the ground-breaking, hit ABC television comedy series, Roseanne, a role that earned him four Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe award. His additional TV credits included two 1995 made-for-cable movies: the title role in Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, and Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire, for which he earned another Emmy nomination. Announcing that the 1996-1997 season of Roseanne would be his last, Goodman limited himself to infrequent appearances on the series, his absences explained away as a by-product of a heart attack suffered by his character at the end of the previous season.
    After making his 10th appearance on the NBC comedy series, Saturday Night Live (2000), John could be seen playing a red-faced bible salesman in director Joel Coen's award winning O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000), and participated in Garry Shandling's film debut, What Planet Are You From? (2000). He could be spotted playing an Oklahoma cop in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000), while Coyote Ugly (2000) and Storytelling (2001) found Goodman stepping back into the role of over-protective father. Interestingly enough, he donned hippie-gear to play goth chick Leelee Sobieski's dad in 2001's My First Mister.
    Though John's status as an amiable big guy was well established by the early 2000's, he didn't actually appear on-screen for two of his most beloved roles. In The Emperor's New Groove (2000), he lent his vocal talents for the part of Pacha, a poor farmer who taught a spoiled prince (David Spade) some valuable lessons about life, love, and the meaning of societal standing. Any film-going youngster will recognize Goodman's voice as Monsters, Inc.'s kind-hearted Sully, the furry blue monster who risked life and limb to return a little girl to her home. And, who other than John would have been more appropriate to voice the part of Baloo, The Jungle Book 2's (2003) freewheeling bear?
    2001's ill-received One Night at McCool's features Goodman as one of three men lusting after Liv Tyler's character, while 2002's Dirty Deeds took him to Australia, where he played an American mafia-goon thoroughly ill-suited to the intricacies of culture down under. Though 2003's Masked and Anonymous was skewered by fans and critics alike, it did give him the chance to work with industry bigwigs Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, and legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan.
    John has made few allowances for putting his acting career on the back burner in recent years, dividing his time between the big screen (2004's Bobby Darin biopic, Beyond the Sea, also starring Oscar-winner, Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth, and Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom & Charm School in 2005, as Steve Mills); several episodes in such television series as Center of the Universe (2004-2005) and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006); and providing character voices in many animated family comedies: George Wolfsbottom in 2004's loveable big, red dog picture, Clifford's Really Big Movie; the children's television series, Father of the Pride (2004-2005) as Larry; reprising the role of Pancha in The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005); and as Sullivan Truck in the 2006 blockbuster, Cars, voicing along with Owen Wilson and one of Hollywood's greats, Paul Newman. He also performed as none other than Santa Claus, in the live-action, made-for-TV movie, The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006).
    In 2007, Goodman wrapped up his role as Congressman Long, a Virginian who is not adverse to making a dollar or two on the sly in Evan Almighty (the 2007 sequel to Bruce Almighty) starring Steve Carell and Wanda Sykes, and completed the film, Drunkboat, both released in 2008, along with his action/drama, The Death Sentence, opposite Kevin Bacon. John's voice-over work as Layton M. Montgomery in the digitally-mastered animation Bee Movie, also starring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick, and Renee Zellweger, came out that same year.
    2008 also brought Madagasgar 2 with Goodman vocalizing Boom the rhinoceros, and John portraying Pops Racer in Speed Racer, an action film based on the 1960 Japanese animated series Mahha go go go, which chronicles the aspirations of a young race car driver.moreless
  • Lucy Liu

    Herself

    9.0
    Lucy Liu was born to Chinese immigrants in Queens in 1968. She graduated from College with a degree in Asian Studies and a big interest in Acting.

    She auditioned for every part she found, but found it difficult not to be typecast as the Oriental Girl. By 1998, Liu had been to hundreds of auditions, and had only landed small roles on Jerry Maguire and TV shows such as ER. All that was about to change, however.

    She originally auditioned for the role of Nelle Porter on Ally McBeal, and went up against stiff competition. She lost the part but show producer David E Kelley was so impressed that he wrote a guest starring role just for her. The part of politicallly incorrect and absolutely hilarious Ling Woo was so poular Liu stayed on as a full time cast member for four years.

    After Ally McBeal, Liu became one of the best known Hollywood actresses, starring in big flicks Charlie's Angels and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.moreless
  • Dick Clark

    Himself

    8.9

    Dick Clark was born in New York State to Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Clark.

    The beginnings of Dick's show business career was in the mid-1940s while he worked at his uncle's radio station. Eventually he got out from the mailroom and began working as a weatherman on air.

    Starting in the 1950's and through the next six decades, Dick worked on various radio and television shows.

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  • George Takei

    Himself

    9.0
    George Takei played Hikaru Sulu, the helm officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise on the original Star Trek series. Takei was born in the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles. He and his family lived there until World War II when, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, they were relocated to a detention camp in Arkansas. From there, they were again moved to another camp at Tule Lake in Northern California. Takei went to college with thoughts of being an architect, but soon changed his major to Theater Arts. He graduated in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a minor in Latin American Studies. Takei made his acting debut in a Playhouse 90 production when he was attending UCLA. While he was taking s, Takei also trained at the Desilu Workshop. After a biking trip across Europe, George returned to California and began guest starring on series such as i>Perry Mason, Mr. Novak, Hawaiian Eye, I, Spy, It Takes a Thief and My Three Sons. Takei appeared in one Twilight Zone episode ("The Encounter"). It was aired once, but due to its controversial content regarding a Japanese traitor in WW II, it has never been shown again. Takei first began his Star Trek adventure with "Where No Man Has Gone Before," which was the second pilot that finally sold the series. In that episode he was said to be a mathematician. Once the series went into weekly production, he became the helmsman and a part of the bridge crew. During the first season of Star Trek, Takei managed to make a guest appearance on Mission: Impossible, and, during the show's second season, took time off to film "The Green Berets" with John Wayne. Takei's film debut was in Ice Palace with Richard Burton. It was a role that required a lot of make-up, as he was seen in various times throughout his life. After Star Trek was canceled, Takei did guest stints on many primetime series, including Kung Fu, The Six Million Dollar Man, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Miami Vice, and a dual role on the long-running series Hawaii Five-O. In 1972, Takei was a California representative in the Democratic National Convention, and in the fall of 1973, he ran for Mayor of Los Angeles. He didn't win the election, but it did cause a local station to stop running Star Trek and the Star Trek animated series until after the votes were cast. Takei's competition felt that his voice and image on television every week created an unfair advantage for Takei. In the '80s, Takei hosted an informational series for television called Expression East/West, which dealt with issues involving human relationships. Takei co-wrote (with Robert Asprin) the science fiction novel Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe. In 1994 he penned his memoirs in To the Stars. In 2005 Takei created a media sensation when he came out to the press for the first time as a gay man, and revealed publicly that he has been in a committed relationship with his partner, Brad Altman, since 1987. Takei subsequently became a spokesman for the Human Right Campaign, championing legalized gay marriage and other issues of equality on behalf of the gay lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. At the same time, he freely made fun of himself and his newfound notoriety through guest spots on numerous TV shows such as Will & Grace. Takei also surprised the world when his familiar baritone became the official "voice" of the new Howard Stern Show that premiered on Sirius Satellite Radio in January 2006.moreless
  • Conan O'Brien

    Himself

    8.6
    Full name: Conan Christopher O'Brien Date and place of birth: April 18,1963, Brookline,MA. Sign: Aires with an Aquarius moon Siblings: 6- Neal (Older brother-born 1960): Car collector Luke (Older brother-born 1962): Lawyer Kate (Younger sister-born 1964): Teacher Jane (Younger sister-born 1967): Comedy writer for Sybill, Simpsons, Futurama Justin (Younger brother-born 1972): Consultant Hair: Strawberry-blonde Height: 6'4" Weight: about 190 lbs. Where does he live?: Somewhere on the Upper West Side of New York. He also has a house in Connecticut. What's he drive? a green '91 Ford Taurus SHO...(he has a Land Rover too) What else can he do? He plays guitar (very well). When he was younger he took tap lessons...maybe that explains his exquisite dancing skills... Education:Brookline High School 1977-1981; Valedictorian. Harvard 1981-1985; Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Wrote for the Harvard Lampoon all four years there, and was elected president two terms in a row from 1983-1984, something not accomplished since Robert Benchley in the 1920's.. Significant other: Liza Powel.moreless
  • Leonard Nimoy

    Himself

    9.6

    Leonard Simon Nimoy, born to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants - began his long career in acting at the age of 8, by appearing in various plays at the local community theatre in his hometown of Boston, MA. He continued to appear in amateur productions until the age of 18, while also attending Boston University on a dramatic scholarship. When he decided to pursue acting more seriously, he dropped out of school and moved to California hoping to find more opportunities. Only one year after arriving there, he was casted in his first leading role in the film Kid Monk Baroni.

    After two years in the military he was still appearing in various bitparts, in films, and on television - one of which would eventually lead him to pop-culture immortality. His big break came when Gene Roddenberry spotted Leonard in an episode of The Lieutenant (also created by Roddenberry) - Gene offered him a leading role in a new science fiction series he was creating. A role that he though was a perfect fit - Mr. Spock, a half-Vulcan/half-human science officer. Leonard accepted, not knowing that he would eventually make television history.
    When Star Trek was cancelled in 1969, Leonard went on to appear in many noted roles in film and television.

    Currently, Leonard is retired from the entertainment business (with the exception of an occasional special guest appearance), and devotes his time to one of his all time loves - photography.

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  • Nancy Cartwright

    Bart Simpson Doll (Uncredited)

    9.5
    Nancy Cartwright was born in Ohio in 1959. Her mentor was Daws Butler. He helped her get into the voice acting business. Nancy is the memorable voice of Bart Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Chuckie, and many other famous cartoon characters. She has written her own book "My Life As A 10-Year-Old Boy".moreless
  • Hank Azaria

    Harold Zoid

    9.5
    Hank Azaria was born in Queens, NY on April 25, 1964. Hank Azaria attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, from 1981-1985, but did not receive his B.A. until he completed two courses in L.A. in 1987. Hank Azaria was given Tufts' Light on the Hill Award in 1999. Azaria, who trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, is a master of film, stage, and screen. He's appeared in numerous TV shows, including Herman's Head, Friends, and Mad About You as well as movies like America's Sweethearts and Mystery, Alaska. He was also a bartender in New York at the Arcadia, which may have helped him prepare for his most notable role as Moe Szyslak, on Fox's The Simpsons. He voices many members of the cast, including Police Chief Wiggum, Apu, Cletus, Professor Frink, and Comic Book Guy. Azaria has had several Emmy nominations for his work, and has won 3 of them for his work on The Simpsons itself. He also won for his performance in Tuesdays With Morrie. While he's stil working on the Simpsons, Azaria has a new series he's working on, Huff, in which he plays a psychiatrist who's wide array of patients keeps him quite frustrated, along with his family. In 2005, Azaria was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on Huff.moreless
  • Jan Hooks

    Angleyne

    8.2
    Jan Hooks was born in Decatur, Georgia and lived in Atlanta until her family moved to Florida during her high school years. While in high school, her attention turned from cheerleading to school theater productions. She attended the University of West Florida and became active in regional and summer theater productions. Jan returned to Atlanta to work in dinner theater and became a member of the comedy ensemble group The New Wits End Players. She also appeared on WTBS and won the Georgia-area Emmy Award for her performance in Tush. Best known for her five season stint as a Saturday Night Live Player from October of 1986 through May of 1991, Jan portrayed many characters during her run on the show including appearances as Tammy Faye Bakker, Eleanor Clift in The McLaughlin Group, Hilary Clinton, Nadia Comaneci, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Betty Ford, Kathie Lee Gifford, Nancy Glass in Attitudes, Jessica Hahn, Sally Kellerman, Doe Kelly in Attitudes, Marla Maples, Sinead O'Conner, Sally Jessy Raphael, Nancy Reagan, Diane Sawyer, Nancy Simmons in Wayne's World, Candy in the Sweeney Sisters, and even Ivana Trump. She has also appeared in TV commercials for Nike Zoom Air sneakers (1997), as a regular on the series The Martin Short Show, Designing Women, and The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, and in cameo and supporting roles in the feature films A Dangerous Woman, Batman Returns, Coneheads, and Pee-wee's Big Adventure (The Greatest Movie Ever Produced). Most recently she appeared as a tyrannical Sunday School teacher in the film Simon Birch and in a recurring role on NBC's Third Rock from the Sun.moreless
  • Stephen Hawking

    Himself

    9.8
    Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven Stephen went to St Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford, his father's old college. Stephen wanted to do Mathematics, although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College, so he did Physics instead. After three years and not very much work he was awarded a first class honors degree in Natural Science. In 1963, at age 21, Stephen was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (a neuromuscular disease that progressively weakens muscle control) doctors predicted an early death for him. Stephen, however, had other ideas. Refusing to allow his disease to get the better of him, Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology, there being no-one working in that area in Oxford at the time. His supervisor was Denis Sciama, although he had hoped to get Fred Hoyle who was working in Cambridge. After gaining his Ph.D. he became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973 Stephen came to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. The chair was founded in 1663 with money left in the will of the Reverend Henry Lucas, who had been the Member of Parliament for the University. It was first held by Isaac Barrow, and then in 1669 by Isaac Newton. Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results indicated it was necessary to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory, the other great scientific development of the first half of the 20th Century. One consequence of such a unification that he discovered was that black holes should not be completely black, but should emit radiation and eventually evaporate and disappear. Another conjecture is that the universe has no edge or boundary in imaginary time. This would imply that the way the universe began was completely determined by the laws of science. His many publications include The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime with G F R Ellis, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey, with W Israel, and 300 Years of Gravity, with W Israel. Stephen Hawking has three popular books published; his best seller A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays and most recently in 2001, The Universe in a Nutshell. There are .pdf and .ps versions of his full publication list. Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Stephen Hawking continues to combine family life (he has three children and one grandchild), and his research into theoretical physics together with an extensive program of travel and public lectures.moreless
  • Parker Posey

    Umbrial

    9.3
    TIME magazine dubbed her "The Indie Queen," and few actresses have worked as often...or received so many critical accolades...as Parker Posey. In her ten years as an actress, she has made more than thirty films, ranging from such independent classics as "Dazed and Confused," "Party Girl," and "The House of Yes," to big budget fare like "You've Got Mail," "Scream 3" and "Josie & the P-u-s-s-ycats." She's also a member of Christopher Guest's stock company, playing prominent parts in his cult hits, "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show." Born in Baltimore and moving to Laurel, Mississippi as a child, she attended college at the prestigious State University of New York (where she roomed with ER's Sherry Stringfield), but dropped out just three weeks shy of graduation in order to accept her first professional gig, a role on the soap opera "As the World Turns." Although she primarily works in films, Posey has had several memorable turns on TV, from a recurring role in "Tales of the City" mini-series to guest voicing on "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," and playing a recurring character on "Will & Grace."moreless
  • Suzie Plakson

    Amazonian

    8.6
  • Dawnn Lewis

    Jackie Anderson

    7.1
    Dawnn Lewis was born August 13, 1960. She is remembered mostly from her role as Jalessa Vinson on "Different World, A" (1987). Dawnn helped compose the theme song that was used for the series. She left the show in 1992 to join the cast of "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1992) as Robin Dumars. In 1995-1996 she continued a career in acting doing mostly voiceovers which include a character on "Spider-Man" (1995), "Bruno The Kid" (1996) and the movie "C Bear And Jamal" (1996) (TV). In 1998, she helped write the movie Black Jaq (1998) (TV). She continues to make guest appearances on various shows.moreless
  • Dawnn Lewis

    LaBarbara

    7.1
    Dawnn Lewis was born August 13, 1960. She is remembered mostly from her role as Jalessa Vinson on "Different World, A" (1987). Dawnn helped compose the theme song that was used for the series. She left the show in 1992 to join the cast of "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1992) as Robin Dumars. In 1995-1996 she continued a career in acting doing mostly voiceovers which include a character on "Spider-Man" (1995), "Bruno The Kid" (1996) and the movie "C Bear And Jamal" (1996) (TV). In 1998, she helped write the movie Black Jaq (1998) (TV). She continues to make guest appearances on various shows.moreless
  • William Shatner

    Himself

    9.3
    Though William Shatner first garnered fame through his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series, he has gone on to develop a prolific career as an actor, comedian, spokesman and "singer" over a nearly 60-year period. His performance as Captain Kirk in the Star Trek television series and the Star Trek movie series established his place in the world of popular science fiction. He also starred in a famous episode of The Twilight Zone as a former patient who thinks he sees a monster on the wing of an airplane ("Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"). Though his career declined after the cancellation of Star Trek due to typecasting, he re-established himself as a television star in series such as T.J. Hooker and Rescue 911. He also ventured into the genre of comedy with roles in films such as Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and in television shows like 3rd Rock from the Sun (where William received an Emmy nomination for his performance as "The Big Giant Head"). He delved into the world of music with a decidedly strange and surreal album titled The Transformed Man (1968) in which he talk-sang through cover versions of popular hits like "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." He performed a talk-singing rendition of "Rocket Man" for the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards dressed in a tuxedo and smoking a cigarette. William recorded his second album in 2004 in collaboration with Ben Folds. The album, Has Been, took a surprisingly melancholy look at life. William's prose poems and talk-singing garnered significant praise among critics this time around. His 1968 album led to William's lucrative deal many years later as the spokesman for Priceline.com. His early commercial spots for the website featured him talk-singing in a manner very similar to his delivery on The Transformed Man. The long-running series of ads ventured into comedy as fellow Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy was recruited to "replace" William at one point. Later on, William appeared as the "Chief Negotiating Officer" in the Priceline commercials. With the resurgence of the Star Trek genre due to a successful string of motion pictures and the Next Generation television series, William explored his literary creativity in science fiction by writing and publishing the first of the Tekwar series in 1989. The story focused on the character of Jake Cardigan and how he had been framed for distributing the illegal mind-altering drug, Tek. The series became popular enough to spawn a television series of the same name starring Greg Evigan as Cardigan and Shatner as Walter Bascom. It is widely rumored that the Tekwar novels were ghostwritten by another writer (Ron Goulart). William has remained active well into his 70s. He has won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of law-firm partner Denny Crane on the television series Boston Legal and The Practice. He continues to work in movies, television shows and advertisements. He has also done voice-over work for Star Trek video games. William is also involved with the "Ahead for Horses" charity that provides horse-riding opportunities for disabled children in the Los Angeles area.moreless
  • Bumper Robinson

    Dwight Conrad

    8.7
    This African American actor has and continues to make many appearances throughout his acting career. As a young child he appeared in the Jell-o commercial starring Bill Cosby, The Jeffersons, Night Court, Days of Our Lives, and the movie Enemy Mine. In most of his career his roles were minor roles but were recurring characters. He played on television shows like Amen, Family Matters, A Different World, and Living Single. Robinson also played a young O.J Simpson in the miniseries, The O.J. Simpson Story and a young Jackie Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream. Some other works that Robinson has done include him being a vocal artist. Those shows include Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School, Static Shock, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Futurama.moreless
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Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

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Beings From Another World, Brought Back From Cancelation, Cartoon Violence, Fantastic Adventure, Fate Of The Galaxy