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Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Vasiliy Fet in The Strain, Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes / The Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Barry Burton in Resident Evil: Retribution, Gabriel in Legion, Little John in Robin Hood, Jeeves Tremor in Smokin' Aces, and Carlos in The Butterfly Effect. He received a 2012 Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination for his portrayal of Lenny Jackson in Citizen Gangster.

Marie Avgeropoulos currently stars as "Octavia Blake" in the CW's post-apocalyptic drama series, The 100 (2014). The Emmy- nominated series chronicles the surviving population living on a space station, called the ARK, who send a group of 100 delinquents down to earth. THE 100 set out to see if earth might still be inhabitable as supplies are running low on the ARK.

Marie recently wrapped production on three independent films: Isolation (2015), Numb (2015) and A Remarkable Life (2016), slated for release in early 2016. Earlier this year, Marie was seen, opposite Taylor Lautner in the Lionsgate thriller, Tracers (2015). Other film credits for Marie include the 2011 Golden Globe-nominated 50/50 (2011), alongside movie veterans Seth Rogen & Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as well as her memorable premiere film role in the 2009 comedy, I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009), starring opposite Hayden Panettiere.

Marie has also become a go-to TV actress with several guest appearances on hit shows, such as Supernatural (2005), Fringe (2008), Eureka (2006) and Human Target (2010). In 2013, Marie landed her break-out role in television in The CW's Cult (2013), opposite Matthew Davis and Robert Knepper.

Born and raised on the shores of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Marie grew up fishing, hunting and camping spending most of her free time outdoors. She learned to play the drums at a young age, which has helped land her roles in various national commercials.

Marie currently resides in Los Angeles.

Nanci Chambers was born on 1 October 1963 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for JAG (1995), Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) and L.A. Heat (1996). She has been married to David James Elliott since 8 October 1992. They have two children.

Paul Shaffer was born on 28 November 1949 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and composer, known for This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Hercules (1997) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998). He has been married to Catherine Maria Vasapoli since 19 August 1990. They have two children.

Michael Rapino has served as Live Nation Entertainment's President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005. Rapino led the transformation of Live Nation into the number one live music brand in the world with operations in more than 40 countries and annual revenue exceeding $10 billion.

Comprised of three market leading divisions - Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Live Nation Sponsorship - Live Nation annually issues over 500 million tickets, promotes more than 35,000 events, partners with over 1,000 sponsors and manages the careers of 500+ artists. Its ecommerce sites average 80 million unique monthly users.

Edie Inksetter was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Edie is known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Spiral (2021) and Fellow Travelers (2023).

With over 15 years of experience in the industry, Jeff has appeared in over 180 episodes of television, as well as numerous films, TV commercials, and radio spots. He has also worked as a writer on several feature scripts, TV pilots, and an interactive movie app.

Jeff is probably most recognizable for his portrayal of Mike Nesmith in Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story (VH1) and for his work as a series regular on the hit show Sophie (CBC/ABC), the popular teen sitcom The Latest Buzz (Family Channel/Disney), and the animated series' Stoked and The Ridonculous Race (Cartoon Network).

Jeff earned a BFA from York University.

Michelle is an award-winning director, writer and show-runner whose films have screened globally, including Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International, Berlin International, Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Cannes, The National Art Gallery of Canada and the MoMA. Her recent documentary feature adaptation of Thomas King's book Inconvenient Indian (Bell/NFB), along with the groundbreaking supernatural drama series Trickster that she co-created and directed, both premiered in official selection of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. She is one of a select number of filmmakers in the history of the Toronto International Film Festival who has had multiple works shown in the same year.

Inconvenient Indian was awarded the Toronto Film Festival's People's Choice Award and the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature and was named to Tiff's "Top Ten Films for 2020". It also received the Director's Guild of Canada "Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary", the Festival Grand Prix at RIDM, as well as the Magnus Isaacson Award for Social Justice Filmmaking and the Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Choice Award.

Trickster, which Michelle directed and also served as Co-Creator/Showrunner and EP, premiered at TIFF to rave reviews and was named by Playback Magazine as the Best Scripted Series for 2020, was nominated for 15 Canadian Screen Awards and won Best Television Drama Writing at the Writers Guild of Canada awards. The series sold in the USA to the CW Network and streaming platforms AMC's Shudder and SundanceNOW.

Michelle was the show-runner and series director for the breakout Indigenous resistance series RISE (Viceland). RISE premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Series as well as the Reel Screen Diversity Award. Her episodes are widely considered to be one of the most comprehensive documentations of the Indigenous led occupation at Standing Rock to exist.

Select film works include: Choke (2011), which received a Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Mention in International Short Filmmaking, was chosen as one of TIFF Canada's Top Ten in 2012 and nominated for a Canadian Screen Award; The Underground (2014), which premiered at TIFF and won the Best Short Film Prize at the ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, as well as the Canadian National Screen Institute Drama Prize and was selected for Telefilm's Talent Showcase at Cannes. Nimmikaage (2016) which was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada; and the feature-length documentary ALIAS, which was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. Her film Nuuca (Field of Vision), examines the impact the oil industry has on increased rates of violence towards Indigenous women and girls in the Bakken oil fields of South Dakota. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and Berlinale Film Festival before it was shortlisted for an IDA Award. She has directed episodes of the drama series Burden of Truth (CBC/CW/Hulu) and comedy series Little Dog (CBC), and has written for Frontier (Netflix/Discovery).

In 2020, Michelle was named the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs and was awarded the Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Award, a prize given to five international filmmakers for their work in social-justice filmmaking. She is a previous Field of Vision Fellow and holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and Film Studies from Concordia University, Montreal.

Marlene Malcolm was born on 6 November 1990 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Death Hunt (2022), Killr (2019) and Dark Side of the Ring (2019).

Stefanie Gurzanski was born on 17 December 1994 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Wraith, Bella Thorne: Stupid Fucking Bitch (2020) and In Real Life (2021).

Casey Walker was born on 20 December 1975 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Casey is a director and producer, known for The Void (2016), The Hardy Boys (2020) and Pyewacket (2017).

Michael Decaire was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is known for Beast Games.

Chris Bradford was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Fringe (2008), Millennium (1996) and Supernatural (2005).

Kassandra Santos was born on 9 January 1980 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Darken (2017), Antisocial 2 (2015) and Blood Empires (2014). She has been married to Ari Millen since 28 August 2016.

Dave's career began at age four doing modelling and commercial shoots in Alberta, but he moved into professional theatre which then springboarded him into TV and film. Dave has been fortunate enough to work among such Canadian legends as Jackie Burroughs, Henry Czerny and Nancy Beatty, and such American stars as Mariel Hemingway, Louise Fletcher, Steve Guttenberg, Jamie Foxx, and Tom Green (in The Chicken Tree (1998)).

Andrew Appelle was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is known for Nirvanna the Band the Show (2016), Little Matthew (2014) and Psycho Goreman (2020).

Ian was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario but has also lived in Toronto, L.A. and Mexico City. He played junior hockey for Kingston and was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens. However, he quit hockey and decided to become a wrestler. He started in Montreal and later jonied EMLL(CMLL) in Mexico as El Vampiro Casanova Canadiense where he became a huge star. He even starred in a movie, El Vampiro, Guerrero de la Noche. He has also wrestled in AAA, Promo Azteca, Toryumon, WAR and Michinoku Pro, the latter to in Japan. He now wrestles for WCW and recently moved back to Canada. Has also been a bodyguard for Milli Vanilli( he stated this on a WCW Live chat, from his days in LA in the late 80s). Big fan of Rancid and the Misfits.

Justin Major was born on 14 August 1988 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Point Traverse (2009), Heir (2015) and Where Do We Go from Here? (2012).

Neil moved to Toronto to attend York University, earning a degree in psychology and studying theatre and film acting. He began working on film and television productions, which included big movies such as Honey starring Jessica Alba and My Baby's Daddy starring Michael Imperioli from The Sopranos. Neil quickly discovered that getting bit parts on large movie sets was not as fulfilling as the experience he was receiving as a lead on a smaller independent productions. It was his time on set that set him exploring and learning about the aspects of filmmaking. Soon after writing his first screenplay, Highway, it was produced by Kevin Lane of Limestyle Productions. Neil not only starred in this production, but he also debuted as it's director. He has recently, he can be seen in a commercial for the Royal Bank of Canada and Lilly Dale, the television series The Smart Women Survival Guide, airing on the "W" network, episodes of Showcase's original web series Hotsnack Radio and as the leading man in Canadian R&B artist Melanie Durant's music video "Feel the Same". which will be aired on Much Music and MTV. His hip-hop group, Hit N' Run, which has played with members of G-Unit, Obi Trice, Naughty by Nature, Shawn Desmond and Swollen Members, recently completed their debut music video Hush.

Melissa Coates was born on 18 June 1969 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Surrender (2014), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and A Story About Ian (2011). She died on 23 June 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Tanya Mazur was born on 2 September 1957 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She is known for The Ice Road (2021), Cult of Chucky (2017) and Curse of Chucky (2013).

Finalist in the 2023 Golden Script Fellowship competition and quarter-finalist in the 2023 Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot competition for writing the original television series pilot Heartbreaker.

Acting credits include Shall We Dance (2005), Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story (2010), Blue State (2007), The Christmas Hope (2009) and the TV series Men with Brooms (2010).

Has a Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree, Double Major: International Business and Logistics

Buck Deachman was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Buck is an assistant director and actor, known for Source Code (2011), The Core (2003) and The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes (2021).

Alycia Novak was born on 12 May 1987 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress and producer, known for Sunday Dinner (2019), Mayor of Kingstown (2021) and Wake Up (2017). She died on 24 July 2024 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Brooks Rapley was born on 4 July 1968 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Highway 61 (1991).