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Brennan Elliott was born on 24 March 1975 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for UnREAL (2015), Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) and Curse of Chucky (2013). He has been married to Cami Elliottouple since 2011. They have two children.- Actor
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Andrew W. Walker was born on 9 June 1979 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Steel Toes (2006), The Torturer (2008) and Abducted: Fugitive for Love (2007). He is married to Cassandra Walker. They have one child.- Actor
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Marc graduated Girard High School in 1990. Marc played basketball throughout high school and his senior year. Because of his athletic ability, Marc went on full scholarship to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem North Carolina. After college, he played one year in Europe for the Manchester Giants.
His acting break came when the producers of Eddie (1996) needed a baby-faced kid that could play basketball.- Actor
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Johnny Messner was born on 11 April 1970 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Running Scared (2006), Tears of the Sun (2003) and Spartan (2004).- Actor
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Luke Macfarlane is a Canadian-American actor born on January 19th, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada.
He is best known for his role as Scotty Wandell on the family drama television series Brothers & Sisters (2006) and D'avin Jaqobis on the space adventure series Killjoys (2015).
Luke is a lead star in Hallmark's productions. His first movie for Hallmark was The Memory Book (2014). Since that time he played in several productions for Hallmark Channel like Christmas Land (2015), The Mistletoe Promise (2016), Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017) and A Valentine's Match (2020). But acting is not his only passion. He loves playing the cello and this skill was used in another Hallmark's movie Chateau Christmas (2020).
Luke working constantly on his career development joined the cast of Netflix's Christmas Rom-Com Single All the Way (2021) and the major studio film Bros (2022). He and his partner skier Hig Roberts welcomed their daughter Tess Eleanor Macfarlane on June 4, 2023- Actor
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Benjamin Ayres was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Saving Hope (2012), JPod (2008) and Suits (2011). He is married to Erin Ayres. They have two children.- Actor
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John Newton was born on 29 December 1965 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Alive (1993), The Christmas Card (2006) and Melrose Place (1992). He has been married to Jennifer Newton since 7 October 2006. They have one child.- Actor
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Michael Shanks was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Stargate SG-1 (1997), Stargate: Continuum (2008) and Elysium (2013). He has been married to Lexa Doig since 2 August 2003. They have two children.- Actor
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James Gregory Vaughan, Jr., was born in Dallas, Texas. Raised in both Dallas and Fredericksburg, Texas, graduating from Mesquite High in 1991. Vaughan was both a student-athlete, never shied away from a school talent production. At 16, before graduating high school, he was discovered in a community back-to-school fashion show and was immediately signed up by a local modeling agent.
Months after high school graduation, he ventured to Milan, Italy landing prestigious campaigns for Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace, as well as Banana Republic, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ralph Lauren all before the age of 21.
In pursuit of his acting, Vaughan's acting career began in 1996, when Vaughan made his television series debut as Josh Walker in the popular, Aaron Spelling, NBC series Malibu Shores. Followed by, which spins off into Beverly Hills 90210, where Vaughan played Cliff Yeager (1996-1997). Trying his hand at a few small independent films, he was cast in the popular cult films Poison Ivy & Children of the Corn V. In between crossing over to film, he spent time guest-starring in a number of television appearances. Spelling Entertainment soon created a role for Vaughan as a series regular, Dan Gordon, on Charmed (1999-2000).
Vaughan landed the highly anticipated Kevin Williams pilot, the role of Milo Mosley in Glory Days. After its short television run, Vaughan began his foray into Daytime drama as Diego on CBS's Young & the Restless, receiving a Daytime Best Newcomer nomination (2001), and People Magazine naming Greg Vaughan as "One of the Sexiest Men Alive" in 2002.
With guest roles on both Will & Grace and Still Standing before jumping from one daytime drama to another. Vaughan's opportunity to grab the highly acclaimed role of Lucky Spencer on General Hospital (2003 - 2009) seems to have simply happened before anyone knew it.
As he ventured to appear on the hit CW series 90210, followed up with indie-film Borderline Murder, along with spots on TNT's The Closer, ABC-Family Pilot Jane by Design, ABC series Good Christian Belles, and Fox's Lucifer. Gaining leading roles in original television movies at the Hallmark Network, Love's Christmas Journey, Second Chances, The Christmas Note, Valentine's Again & A Very Country Christmas.
His talent did not go unnoticed by his fans or the millions of Daytime viewers. The most beloved character Eric Brady of Days of our Lives soon became Vaughan's role (2012 - 2015). Opening the opportunity to claim the role of Calvin, a married police officer & secret lover of Nova Bordelon in OWN's, Queen Sugar (2016) created and Executive Produced by director Ava DuVernay, with Oprah Winfrey as Executive Producer.
Upon his completion of the highly acclaimed run on Queen Sugar, the opportunity for NBC's longest running Soap Opera, Days of our Lives was to bring Vaughan back to the canvas. For which earned Vaughan's talent a 2018 Emmy Award, for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Series.- Actor
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Kristopher was born in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an only child. Kristopher discovered he had a love for the stage very early in life; landing a small role in his high school's production of A Midsummer's Night Dream. He received a degree in theatre from the University of Winnipeg, where he was very active in a number of productions. It wasn't long before Kristopher landed a role in a children's series called 2030CE. Not long afterwards he was cast in the lead role of Lex in director David DeCoteau's film The Brotherhood III: Young Demons (2002). Following Kristopher's success in that film, he was able to score another leading role, this time as Gus in the MTV Movie production, Everybody's Doing It (2002). Following this success, Kristopher decided to return to the theatre, promptly landing a lead role in a local Winnipeg theatrical production of Athol Fugard's Master Harold...and the boys.- Actor
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Award-winning actor and producer Jesse Metcalfe was born in Northern California's Carmel Valley.
Raised in Waterford, Connecticut, as an only child, Jesse's family relocated time and again. He attended three different elementary schools: Cohanzie, Quaker Hill and Oswegatchie Schools as well as Clark Lane Junior High School. An extraordinary visual artist in high school, his life-like pencil drawings and paintings were exhibited at the renowned Lyman Allyn Art Museum.
After aspiring to, and achieving middle class status and financial security, Jesse's mother Nancy and stepfather Scott encouraged Jesse to attend The Williams School, a prep-school for gifted students situated on the Connecticut College campus in New London. There Jesse excelled, receiving a fist rate education, which led to being accepted to New York University.
In 1995 Jesse was discovered and signed with a major modeling agency. He began splitting his time between Connecticut and Manhattan. The work ethic Jesse learned from his parents served him well helping him juggle his studies and demanding modeling career.
Jesse fell in love New York City, where he worked regularly with Seventeen and YM Magazines, and many high-end brand campaigns. His modeling career would last through his Junior year in college, and would introduce him to Europe, participating in Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks and would ultimately lead to being discovered as an actor.
In a life-changing experience, he was discovered yet again, at an open call for the daytime NBC television show, Passions. After being chosen to play Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the hit, cult-classic soap, he left NYU for sunny California where he later gained widespread attention as John Rowland in Desperate Housewives.
Television credits include Passions (NBC), Desperate Housewives (ABC), Dallas (TNT) and Smallville (WB) among countless others.
Film credits include John Tucker Must Die (20th Century Fox), The Other End of The Line (MGM), God's Not Dead, Fortress (Lionsgate), The Latin From Manhattan (Doom Inc.) and the soon to be released On A Wing And A Prayer (Amazon Studios.)
Awards and nominations include a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in an ensemble in Desperate Housewives (2005), Teen Choice Award Nomination for Desperate Housewives and a Soap Opera Digest Award for Passions.- Actor
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Thomas Beaudoin began his studies in Psychology and Exercise Science at Concordia University in Montreal. He then studied Theatre in Vancouver and in New York City. He is fluent in both English and French.
Not long after moving to NYC, Thomas was cast in lead roles in several world renowned Off-Broadway plays, such as Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending, Jaoui & Bacri's Cuisine & Dépendances, and Dumas' La Dame Aux Camélias. His role of gang leader Dick Seguin in the cable series Blue Moon gave him the opportunity to show his talent on TV. He has booked several lead roles in other series and movies since.
He enjoys photography/cinematography, boxing, doing manual work, playing ice hockey, rock climbing, reading the news. as well as studying Krav-Maga.- Actor
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Ryan started modeling in high school and has, with a few breaks, been shooting ever since. In 2012, he appeared in Christina Aguilera's "Your Body" music video, which shows Aguilera taking control against a male dominated society.
Ryan debuted on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital (1963), on January 2, 2014.- Actor
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Wes Brown was born on 26 January 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for We Are Marshall (2006), Glory Road (2006) and Now and at the Hour. He has been married to Amanda Moye Brown since 2008. They have one child.- Actor
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Chris McNally was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Altered Carbon (2018), When Calls the Heart (2014) and Supernatural (2005). He has been married to Julie Gonzalo since 2018. They have one child.- Actor
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Studied theater at the Lir Academy of Dramatic Arts In Dublin, Ireland
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, John Reardon is one of three children, and is part of a large extended family of over 300 cousins.
John has a long athletic background including football and basketball.
One of John's favorite pass-times is SCUBA diving and has traveled extensively for his love of diving.
John has, and continues to be an advocate for animal rights and protections.- Actor
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Daniel Lissing is an Australian actor, born and raised on the beaches of Sydney. He landed his first U.S role in 2012 on ABC's Last Resort (2012) then went on to star in Hallmark's When Calls the Heart (2014).
Daniel's credits in Australia include being a series regular on Crownies (2011), plus playing the lead role in the feature film, The Cure (2014). Additional credits include the feature film, John Doe: Vigilante (2014), and numerous television series, such as Cops LAC (2010), Out of the Blue (2008), Packed to the Rafters (2008), and Home and Away (2010).
Worth noting is that Daniel is a singer/guitar player and has performed for the Australian troops serving overseas in East Timor and the Solomon Islands. He was formally recognized for his peacekeeping efforts by the Australian Defense Force.
Inside Film magazine chose Daniel as one of Australia's rising talents.
A 'down-to-earth' guy, Daniel's primary focus is his work.- Actor
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Jon Cor is a thirty-something-year-old living in Vancouver, BC.
He booked his first audition for a major film franchise while courting multiple agencies at the end of the second year of the Theater Arts and Performance program at Fanshawe College in London, ON.
Since then, he has gone on to win increasingly key, diverse, and demanding roles in projects such as Warner Bros., Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, and the CW's The Flash, ABC Disney and Freeform's Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, Syfy's Dark Matter, Hallmark's Crosswords Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead, and CBC's Trouble in the Garden.
Jon Cor is also a writer, producer, an acrobatics-loving martial artist, hobby guitarist, and - with great relief - no longer a Ford model.
His ambitions include releasing his first novel (In Heat) which was originally drafted when he was just nineteen years old, as well as a collection of new and previously-published short stories (A Murder of Prose).