Greg Antonacci. Gregory Gerald "Greg" Antonacci (born February 2, 1947) is an American television actor, director, producer and writer. Life and career[edit] In 1978, Antonacci married actress Annie Potts, they divorced in 1980. In 1981, he married actress Lynda Costanzo, having one child. References[edit] External links[edit] Max Casella. Max Casella (born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for his roles on the television series The Sopranos,[1] Doogie Howser, M.D.,[2] and as the voice of Daxter in the Jak and Daxter video game series.[3] Life and career[edit] Casella was born in Washington, D.C., the son of David Deitch (a newspaper columnist) and Doris Casella (a social worker). His father is Jewish and his mother is of Italian descent.[4][5] He grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he attended the same school as actors Traci Bingham and Matt Damon. He is married and lives in New York City with his wife, Leona,[6] and two daughters, Mia and Gioia.
Filmography[edit] Feature Films[edit] Video Games[edit] Jak and Daxter series (2001–present) - Daxter References[edit] External links[edit] Gretchen Mol. Early life[edit] Stage[edit] Film[edit] While major roles have been sporadic, Mol has been in more than 30 feature films. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's 1996 film, Girl 6. She said "I was auditioning for Guiding Light and I was happy I got a Spike Lee movie, which was a tiny part, but all of a sudden I had Spike Lee on my resume. I didn't audition for day player anymore".[3] For her second film with Woody Allen, 1999's Sweet and Lowdown, she played a minor role which the Greenwich Village Gazette called "notable".[8] She played the female lead role in the 1999 film The Thirteenth Floor. Mol worked with Mary Harron for two years as the director struggled to finance The Notorious Bettie Page: "I kind of felt like I lived with it for a while; certainly not as long as Mary Harron did but I got a good chance to really feel like I knew something about Bettie so by the time the role was mine and I was on set I was pretty confident.
Television[edit] Personal life[edit] Filmography[edit] Michael K. Williams. Michael Kenneth Williams (born November 22, 1966) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire,[1][2][3] and of Albert "Chalky" White on HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Life and career[edit] Born in Brooklyn, to an African American father from South Carolina and a Bahamian mother from Nassau, Michael K. Williams was raised in the Flatbush Gardens housing projects in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City[4][5] and attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School.[6] According to a DNA analysis, he is descended partly from the Mende people of Sierra Leone.[7] The Wire[edit] Williams at Harvard University for a panel discussion on The Wire, November 8, 2010 For his portrayal of Omar, Williams was named by USA Today as one of ten reasons they still love television.
In 2008, then-U.S. Other work[edit] Williams makes a brief appearance as the shooter at the beginning of the music video for Young Jeezy's "Bury Me a G". Film[edit] Paul Sparks. Sparks was born and raised in Oklahoma. He is the son of a football coach and a teacher.[4] Sparks studied at Oklahoma State University and then completed his degree at New York University,[5][6] earning a BFA in Acting in 1995.[7] References[edit] External links[edit] Paul Sparks at the Internet Movie Database. Paul Sparks. Paz de la Huerta. Early life[edit] Career[edit] De la Huerta began modeling in her adolescence and became a sought-after runway model before transitioning into film. She made her film debut with a small role in the 1998 romantic comedy The Object of My Affection, and then starred opposite Michael Caine and Charlize Theron in The Cider House Rules (1999). Personal life[edit] De la Huerta lived with her mother and sister in New York City until her mid-twenties, when she moved into an apartment in the Tribeca neighborhood, later moving to a lower Manhattan apartment adjacent to her mother's.
Filmography[edit] Television[edit] Boardwalk Empire, Season One, Season TwoX Femmes, Season 1, Episode 1 References[edit] External links[edit] Vincent Piazza. Biography[edit] Piazza was in a relationship with Ashlee Simpson from June 2011 to November 2012. Filmography[edit] Vincent Piazza in February 2011 References[edit] External links[edit] Vincent Piazza at the Internet Movie Database. Vincent Piazza.
Michael Stuhlbarg. Michael S. Stuhlbarg[1] (born July 5, 1968)[1][2] is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He is best known for portraying organized crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, as well as troubled 1960s university professor Larry Gopnik in the Coen brothers' 2009 dark comedy A Serious Man. Early life[edit] Stuhlbarg was born in Long Beach, California,[3] the son of Susan and Mort Stuhlbarg.[4] He was raised in Reform Judaism.[2] He trained at The Juilliard School in New York City,[5] where he was a member of the Drama Division's Group 21 (1988–1992).[6] Stuhlbarg graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992.
He also studied acting at the University of California at Los Angeles, the Vilnius Conservatory in Lithuania, the British American Drama Academy at Oxford, and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at the University of London. He studied mime with Marcel Marceau at the World Centre.[7] Career[edit] Filmography[edit] Aleksa Palladino. Aleksa Palladino (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her lead roles in Manny & Lo, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, Find Me Guilty, Boardwalk Empire, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
Life and career[edit] Palladino was born in New York City, where she grew up and worked as an actress. Her debut role was as Lo in the critically acclaimed Manny & Lo opposite Scarlett Johansson, where she played a 16 year old character despite being 14 at the time. The next year she was given her first lead role in the short film Number One Fan with Glenn Fitzgerald, and soon appeared in Wrestling with Alligators with Joely Richardson, the well-received The Adventures of Sebastian Cole with Adrien Grenier, and Second Skin with Fitzgerald again. In 2003, Palladino moved to Los Angeles, married Devon Church at a scenic overlook on Mulholland Drive, and began writing music with her husband as the band Exitmusic.
Filmography[edit] Aleksa Palladino. Stephen Graham (actor) Stephen Graham. Anthony Laciura. Anthony Laciura (born September 27, 1951) is an American operatic tenor, noted for his abilities as a comprimario and actor. Born in New Orleans, he studied voice there with Charles Paddock, also the teacher of Ticho Parly. Career[edit] As a boy soprano, Laciura made his operatic debut in a small role in Louise, in March 1965, at the New Orleans Opera Association, opposite the last performances in this opera of Dorothy Kirsten and Norman Treigle. As an adult, he would give many performances with that company, and would earn music degrees from Loyola University of the South and Tulane University. Laciura has also appeared with companies in Geneva, Amsterdam, Montreal, Mexico City, Tokyo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and, especially, Santa Fe. Personal life[edit] He has lived in Teaneck, New Jersey, with his wife, Joel, since 1986.[2] On January 9, 2012, Laciura sang the National Anthem at the BCS National Championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
Anthony Laciura. Shea Whigham. Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr. (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Shea Whigham, is an American actor. He currently portrays Elias "Eli" Thompson on the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire. Early life[edit] Whigham was born in Tallahassee, Florida, the son of attorney Frank and school librarian Beth. Career[edit] Filmography[edit] Film[edit] Television[edit] Video game[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Shea Whigham at the Internet Movie Database. Shea Whigham. Dabney Coleman. Early life[edit] Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary Wharton (née Johns) and Melvin Randolph Coleman.[2][3] He entered the Virginia Military Institute in 1949, then studied law at the University of Texas before turning to acting. He was drafted in 1953 to the U.S. Army and served in Europe. Career[edit] Personal life[edit] In 1998, Coleman worked with fellow actor Bronson Pinchot at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, to help protect local forests and helped lead a campaign to educate others of how to care for and protect forests nationwide.
Coleman has been an avid tennis player, playing for the US Army while posted in Europe (he was drafted in 1953), and later playing in and winning some celebrity and charity tournaments.[6][7] Filmography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Michael Shannon (actor) Early life[edit] Shannon was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a grandson of entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.[3] His mother, Geraldine Hine, is a lawyer, and his father, Donald Sutherlin Shannon, was an accounting professor at DePaul University.[4][5][6] He was raised by his divorced parents in both Kentucky and Chicago, Illinois.[7][8] He attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.
Acting career[edit] Music career[edit] Personal life[edit] Shannon is in a relationship with actress Kate Arrington; they have one daughter, Sylvia. Filmography[edit] Film[edit] Television[edit] Stage[edit] Awards and nominations[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Michael Shannon on "Larry King Now" Michael Shannon. Kelly Macdonald. Career[edit] In 2010, she played her first comedy role, in the British independent romantic comedy film The Decoy Bride.[21] The Decoy Bride was released in 2012. Personal life[edit] Filmography[edit] Awards and nominations[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Kelly Macdonald. Michael Pitt. Michael Pitt. Steve Buscemi. Steve Buscemi.