(Cast) Best From Band of Brothers

Multi talented and award winning actor Neal McDonough has been blessed to have an incredible career in the film industry.

He is now producing films alongside his wife Ruvé for the McDonough company. Films such as THE WARRANT, BREAKERS LAW, REDSTONE, BOON, BLACK SPARTANS ,and most recently the hit film THE SHIFT for Angel Studios.

McDonough is about to start filming THE LAST RODEO which he has written with his partner Derek Presley.

The McDonough company will be producing this film with Jon Avnet directing.

After that they will going into production on their next western he has written called THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS .

McDonough is well known for performances in productions, such as BAND OF BROTHERS, MINORITY REPORT, WALKING TALL and STAR-TREK FIRST CONTACT. He also started in many stage productions, and most recently playing Whitey Bulger on stage in FINDING WHITEY at the Wilbur theater in Boston.

He also recently played Daddy Warbucks in ANNIE and numerous other stage productions as well.

His voice over career is what really started him. The voice of many cartoons, including Bruce Banner in the INCREDIBLE HULK and in many video games such as CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES.

He has also been the long term voice of FIDELITY AND CADILLAC.

But he's most proud of his relationship with God, his wife, Ruvé, and their five children.

McDonough trained at Syracuse University and studied at LAMDA in London.

Scott Christopher Grimes is an American actor and singer from Lowell, Massachusetts who is known for playing as Steve Smith from American Dad, Kevin Swanson from Family Guy, Will McCorkle from Party of Five, Bradley Brown from Critters 1 and 2 and Lieutenant Gordon Malloy from The Orville. He has two children.

Damian Lewis was born on February 11, 1971, in St. John's Wood, London, England, to Charlotte Mary (Bowater), from an upper-class background, and J. Watcyn Lewis, a city broker whose own parents were Welsh. He was raised on Abbey Road in London until the age of 8 with his siblings Gareth, William, and Amanda. In 1979, he was sent to Ashdown House boarding school, then was educated at Eton College. At age 16, he formed his own theater company, then worked in South London, then traveled around Africa. From 1990 to 1993, he studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Daniel Craig and Joseph Fiennes. Among his teachers was RSC stalwart Colin McCormack. Lewis graduated in 1993, and worked on the stage, particularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company. There he was seen by director Steven Spielberg, who subsequently cast him as Richard Winters in the HBO/BBC miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, among other awards. Lewis continues his career in films, TV, and theater.

Michael Fassbender is an Irish actor who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when he was two years old. His parents ran a restaurant (his father is a chef).

Fassbender is based in London, England, and became known in the U.S. after his role in the Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009). In 2011, Fassbender debuted as the Marvel antihero Magneto in the prequel X-Men: First Class (2011); he would go on to share the role with Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Also in 2011, Fassbender's performance as a sex addict in Shame (2011) received critical acclaim. He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. In 2013, his role as slave owner Edwin Epps in slavery epic 12 Years a Slave (2013) was similarly praised, earning him his first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. 12 Years a Slave marked Fassbender's third collaboration with Steve McQueen, who also directed Hunger and Shame. In 2013, Fassbender appeared in another Ridley Scott film, The Counselor (2013). In 2015, he portrayed Steve Jobs (2015) in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic of the same name, and played Macbeth (2015) in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. For the former, he has received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor. As well as acting, Fassbender produced the 2015 western Slow West (2015), which he also starred in.

Michael Cudlitz was born on 29 December 1964 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Walking Dead (2010) and Sex Drive (2008). He is married to Rachael Cudlitz. They have two children.

Ronald Joseph Livingston was born on June 5, 1967 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Linda (Rinas), a Lutheran pastor, and Kurt Livingston, an aerospace engineer. He has three siblings, Nick, John Livingston, also an actor, and Jennifer Livingston, a TV news personality at CBS/WKBT in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is of German, and smaller amounts of Welsh, Scottish, and English, ancestry.

Livingston graduated from Marion High School, then attended Yale University with Paul Giamatti and Edward Norton. It was at Yale University that he earned his B.A. degree in Theatre Studies and English Literature. He began his acting career while still an undergraduate, getting his stage credits with the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Manhattan Class Company. In 1989, after graduating from Yale, Livingston moved to Chicago, where he acted in a number of stage productions, including shows at the Goodman Theatre and other venues. His film debut was in Dolly Parton's Straight Talk (1992). He accelerated his film career by moving to Los Angeles in 1993, gaining attention as one of the buddies in the popular hit Swingers (1996). His acting credits include the cult hit Office Space (1999), in which he starred opposite Jennifer Aniston, the mini-series Band of Brothers (2001), where he co-starred with Damian Lewis, eight episodes of Sex and the City (1998) (2002-2003), where he starred opposite Sarah Jessica Parker, and the Oscar-winning Adaptation. (2002), among his other works. He was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2002 for his performance in Band of Brothers (2001). He also appears as Sebastian Charles in the episode "TB or not TB" (2005) of Fox's popular series House (2004).

In 2006, Livingston became a new spokesman for Sprint Nextel telecommunications company in their new "Power Up" campaign. He is starring as Matt Flannery, the FBI senior negotiator, in the FOX's popular television series Standoff (2006), since the series opened in September 2006.

Livingston resides in Los Angeles, California. He married actress Rosemarie DeWitt in 2009. The couple have two children.

Shane was born on the south coast of England, although his family line is also Scottish and American. He attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and received the Cameron Mackintosh Scholarship Award.

Shane's extensive screen credits include the regular role of Cpl. Eugene "Doc" Roe in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's commercially and critically acclaimed Band Of Brothers. He played Osman in The Day Of The Triffids alongside Dougray Scott, Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson; and Craig Hanson, a season regular alongside Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton and Charles Dance in Strike Back: Vengeance.

Shane also played the character of Andy Stafford alongside Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon in Quirke for the BBC; and as Captain Thomas Preston, in the History Channel's Sons Of Liberty, starring Ben Barnes, Henry Thomas, Rafe Spall and Dean Norris.

Shane's film credits include the award winning independent, Bomber; Devil's Playground; Walking With The Enemy alongside Ben Kingsley; and Hunter Killer with Gerard Butler, Linda Cardellini and Gary Oldman.

Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg Jr. was born on August 17, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts into a family of Swedish (from his paternal grandfather), Irish, and more distant French-Canadian, English, and Scottish, descent. He is the eighth of nine children of Alma Elaine Conroy (née Donnelly), a nurse's aide and clerk & Donald Edward Wahlberg, a delivery driver. His parents eventually divorced and Donnie, finding himself already in trouble, discovered a positive outlet performing in school plays and became involved in varied aspects of theater -- acting, writing, and directing. At 15, he became a member of the teen vocal group originally called NYNUK. Donnie's little brother, Mark Wahlberg was originally one of the Boys but balked at the direction the group was taking and backed out.

A founding member of the boy band "New Kids on the Block," the five teens survived a false start with their debut album and proceeded to hit #1 with the single "Please Don't Go Girl" on their second in 1988. They continued to bombard the market with one-after-another "Top Ten" hits including "The Right Stuff" and "I'll Be Loving You Forever." Leaving the young girls panting for more, they became one of the hottest young singing/line-dancing groups to hit the late 80s/early 90s. The Boys went on to sell over 70 million albums worldwide, and provoke the spawning of other five-member harmony groups such as Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. During its heyday, Donnie played up his resident "bad boy" persona by tallying up several run-ins with the law, including an alleged arson at a Kentucky hotel (charges were dropped). He also delved into "body art" with numerous tattoos and body piercings in an effort to buck their already-cloying image. Amid intergroup dissension and Milli Vanilli-like charges of not contributing all the vocals to their albums, the pop band finally disbanded in 1994 -- partly out of frustration but also having outgrown the group's juvenile moniker.

Unsure of his direction while attracting more trouble in the tabloids, Donnie, who helped write, arrange and produce brother Mark's Funky Bunch group's first two albums a few years earlier, switched gears. He rapped some and modeled some, then transformed himself into an actor, a route taken earlier by his talented bro. While Mark has turned out to become the bigger film star over the years, Donnie has stepped out of his shadows to receive raves and renewed respect for his own tense and compelling character work.

He first showed up in big screen action. Making his debut as a "tough guy" thug in the Mickey Rourke urban outing Bullet (1996), filmed in 1994 but not released until two years later. Usually cast as an amoral heavy, Donnie moved up the quality ladder with director Ron Howard's thriller Ransom (1996) as part of a gang of kidnappers who nab Mel Gibson's son, to their eventual regret, of course. His next repellent took the form of a drug dealer in the goth indie horror Black Circle Boys (1997), but the film came and went. After a couple of TV movies, he finally nabbed a starring role in the film Southie (1998) playing more or less himself as an Irish-American prodigal son who returns to the mean streets of his native Boston. The movie also featured another brother Robert Wahlberg who also was testing the acting waters.

Ironically, one of Donnie's most powerful roles during this period was also one of his briefest. Seen in the opening sequence, he is nearly unrecognizable (having dropped an alarming amount of weight) portraying a deranged former patient of psychiatrist Bruce Willis whose sudden explosion into unfathomable violence sets up the clever twists and turns that turned M. Night Shyamalan's classic psychological thriller The Sixth Sense (1999) into a critically-acclaimed box office hit. Donnie's opening bit was mouth dropping and jarring in its horror. He also proved he wasn't a flash in the pan by backing up this performance with a major role as a WWII paratrooper in the critically-hailed ten-part epic Band of Brothers (2001), which won multiple Emmy awards (6).

This TV role directly led to his casting as a gritty L.A. detective in the NBC dramatic series Boomtown (2002), an acclaimed series that didn't survive a second season. Since then Donnie has patented his unrefined intensity into a number of films such as Triggermen (2002), Dreamcatcher (2003), Saw II (2005), Annapolis (2006), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007) and Zookeeper (2011). He has also clocked in lead roles for such roughhewn TV series as Runaway (2006), The Kill Point (2007), Return of the Mac (2017) and, most notably, as detective Danny Reagan in Blue Bloods (2010).

Donny has two sons, Xavier and Elijah, by first wife Kim Fey, and is married to actress/producer/writer Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg. As a former teen heartthrob seemingly headed down a troubled and dangerous path after his initial success, he somehow managed to avoid the traditional pitfalls of drugs and self-destruction, and has since proven himself an actor with "the right stuff." In addition, the "New Kids on the Block" reteamed in 2007 in recording and book tours. The group received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2014.

Peter is the son of an American mother and English father. He was brought up for the first few years in Botswana before moving to the USA where his father attended Indiana University to train as an opera singer. After his parents divorced in 1981 he lived in Tennessee with his mother but later joined his father in Scotland. He returned to the USA for a period but in 1990 went to live with his father and step mother in London. He attended Mill Hill, a private school in north London and completed his education to sixth form in 1998. Deciding to take a "gap year" in order to follow his desire for an acting career he was successful in breaking into TV commercials and thereafter followed his first steps into the movie business.

Matthew Leitch was born on 19 March 1975 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Band of Brothers (2001), The Dark Knight (2008) and Sabor tropical (2009).

Rod Strohl was born on 24 June 1922 in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 2 December 2019 in Orefield, Pennsylvania, USA.

Nicholas Aaron is known for Band of Brothers (2001), Outlander (2014) and Touching the Void (2003).

After 20 years of performing in front of the camera - including roles in the massively successful Band of Brothers (2001), Ned Kelly (2003), Chernobyl (2019), and Humans (2015), to name a few, Philip Barantini transitioned into directing in the late 2010s, marking his first short film with the award-winning Seconds Out (2019), written by and starring Robbie O'Neill.

Following this, Barantini directed the BIFA-nominated short film Boiling Point (2019), starring Stephen Graham, which was then adapted into the hotly anticipated one-shot feature of the same name in 2021; both movies were co-written with Barantini's frequent collaborator James Cummings. Boiling Point (2021) saw its international debut in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and premiered in the UK at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2021. The film garnered glowing reviews from both critics and audiences, who have called the film "dizzying" [The Guardian] and "utterly compelling" [Variety], commending the film for its "piano-wire tension" [Time Out] and performances - "Stephen Graham is phenomenally mesmerising" [HeyUGuys]. It recently won four BIFA's including Best Supporting Actress (Vinette Robinson), Best Cinematography, Best Casting and Best Sound, and was nominated in 11 categories.

Barantini made his TV directorial debut when he directed the last episode of BBC's The Responder, starring Martin Freeman.

In January 2022 Barantini directed his next feature Accused (2023) which was released on Netflix in 2023. He directed all five parts of the award-winning ITV thriller Malpractice (2023) starring Niamh Algar.

It was announced in October 2022 that the BBC had commissioned a series sequel of Boiling Point (2023), which was released in December 2023 to critical acclaim.

2024 saw Barantini direct all four episodes of the TV series Adolescence (2025), starring Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters. The series which was produced by Warp Films, Plan B Entertainment and Martriarch Productions for Netflix.

Barantini's other directing credits include feature film Villain starring Craig Fairbrass.

Two-time BAFTA-nominated director Dexter Fletcher is an English actor-turned-filmmaker whose movies and TV work include the Academy Award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman. Fletcher started his career in front of the camera at the age of 6; three years later he played "Baby Face" in Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone. At 16 Fletcher became the youngest regular member of London's Royal Shakespeare Company, at 23 he was the breakout star of the hit British show Press Gang, and in four decades as an actor his screen and stage co-stars have included Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, and Liam Neeson, among others. The esteemed directors Fletcher has worked for include David Lynch, Mike Leigh, Michael Winterbottom, Ken Russell, Derek Jarman, and Guy Ritchie.

Fletcher made his debut as a filmmaker with the felons-and-fatherhood drama Wild Bill (2011), which won him two Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards and earned a BAFTA nom for Outstanding Debut; the film currently has a rare 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. His follow-up, Sunshine on Leith (2013), was an adaptation of a stage work based on music by the Scottish band the Proclaimers. It debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2016 Fletcher directed Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman in Eddie the Eagle, about Olympic ski-jumper Michael "Eddie" Edwards, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Later that year, Fletcher was asked to take over directing duties on Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which told the story of late rocker Freddie Mercury and the band Queen. Fletcher had helped develop that film, and, while uncredited, he helmed the final weeks of shooting and oversaw post-production. The film grossed over $900 million worldwide and won four Oscars, including Best Editing and Best Actor for Rami Malek's portrayal of Mercury.

Fletcher's fourth film, Rocketman (2019) - a dynamic, vibrant biopic about the life of rock legend Elton John, who provided full rights to his music - reunited Fletcher with Taron Egerton. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and earned four BAFTA nominations, and won John and songwriter Bernie Taupin the Best Original Song Oscar for "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (the only song longtime collaborators John and Taupin won an award for together). Egerton was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor-Musical or Comedy for his performance as John.

In April 2022 Fletcher executive produced the highly-anticipated Paramount+ miniseries The Offer, about The Godfather's journey to the screen, and directed the first two episodes.

Fletcher next directed the romantic adventure comedy Ghosted, starring Ana de Armas and Chris Evans, about a CIA assassin wanting a life outside of her dangerous job and the everyday guy who falls for her without knowing her profession - which involves saving the world. The film premiered on Apple TV+ on April 21. Ghosted reunited Fletcher with cinematographer Salvatore Totino, who worked on episodes of The Offer.

Fletcher will return to acting in director Vanessa Caswill's adaptation of the bestselling novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. The Netflix film is due in 2023.

Fletcher currently resides in London with his wife, acclaimed opera director and film producer (The Offer, Ghosted) Dalia Ibelhauptaité.

Rick Gomez was born in Bayonne, New Jersey on June 1st. He is the first-born son and was born on his father's birthday. In 1987 the family moved to South Plainfield, New Jersey where Rick went to school. He graduated from South Plainfield High School and promptly moved to New York City to pursue his acting career.

James Madio was born on November 22, 1975, in the Bronx, New York City. As a boy, he was interested in acting and began his professional career at the age of 13.

Madio got his break when he was cast in Steven Spielberg's Hook in 1991. He was only 14 years old when he was discovered by Spielberg; this began his journey in Hollywood. While on the set of Hook, Dustin Hoffman personally chose Madio for the role of his son in the film Hero. That same year, Madio appeared as the younger version of John Turturro in the Independent film, Mac. Madio went on to secure a role in The Basketball Diaries in 1995, where he worked alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. His portrayal of Pedro, a friend of DiCaprio's character, was well received and solidified his reputation as a talented young actor.

Madio's talent and ambition led him to his second tour with Spielberg, in HBO's highly rated mini-series, Band of Brothers. Madio's portrayal of Sergeant Frank Perconte was an integral part of its success. He co-starred in the Clint Eastwood film Jersey Boys and played executed anarchist Nicola Sacco in the feature film No God, No Master.

Madio's career has extended to behind the camera, having produced, and written several award-winning independent projects (both features and shorts). His short film, Apple Box, (of which he wrote, produced, and starred in) racked up several wins across the country, which earned him two Best Actor awards. Madio appeared in many hit shows, which include, CSI NY, Blue Bloods, Bones, Castle, and Law & Order, among others. Throughout his career, Madio has shown versatility, working across different genres and formats, including voice-over work for the animated film Shark Tale and video game franchise, The Call of Duty.

Madio recently starred in the Paramount mini-series The OFFER, based on Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's extraordinary, never-before-seen experiences of making The Godfather.

Madio is currently filming the highly anticipated HBO/DC mini-series, The Penguin, opposite Colin Farrell. Madio's newest film The Featherweight has been invited to world premiere at the 80th Venice Film Festival, where he portrays the title character, Willie Pep.

McCall became known in the U.S after playing Cpl. Joseph Liebgott in HBO's Band of Brothers for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Currently recurring on Apple TV's SILO, he also shot the London/New York based show, Suspicion, for the same streamer alongside Uma Thurman. He starred in The Offer for Paramount Plus with Miles Teller and director Dexter Fletcher. He has written and starred in two features that have garnered festival attention and awarded theatrical releases in both the US and the UK. The first, About Us, was officially selected for the Edinburgh Film festival and the second, A Violent Man, which he also directed, found distribution before principal photography was complete. This year he stars in the feature films Unwinding, Two and Rise of the Footsoldier. He also starred in Aftermath for Netfilx, the Danish feature film The Good Traitor for director Christina Rosendahl, Rome in Love for Hallmark and Tesla which premiered in Venice. Previous feature films include, A Walk to Vegas, Hex, A New York Christmas, multiple award winning The Beautiful Ones (multiple Best Actor wins), It's not you it's me, Willed to kill, A Country Christmas with Dolly Parton, festival favorite AutoMotive with Tessa Thompson, Internationally award winning In Embryo (Best Actor nomination at the Shanghai International Film Festival), SXSW winner Green Street Hooligans with Charlie Hunnam, Green Street Hooligans 2, Serving up Richard, Alpha Males, Trade Routes, Autopsy, LD 50 with Tom Hardy, and Waterland with Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawk. He also played opposite Tom Hanks in Robert Zemeckis The Polar Express, playing Hanks' scene partner for the entire picture. McCall has worked on many television series including, CSI: NY, The Man, Bones, Ghost Whisperer, Two seasons of the critically acclaimed Crash for Glen Mazzara, Luther with Idris Elba, Castle, Season 9 of 24, Lucifer, Fear the Walking Dead and played Matthew Keller on White Collar for 4 seasons.

In his youth he played the young Freddie Mercury in the music video The Miracle for the rock group Queen, and continued performing in the London West End theatre district in the stage productions of Oliver!, The King and I, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Les Miserables, and the Neil Simon play, Lost in Yonkers opposite Rosemary Harris.

McCall continues to work closely with the conservation group Sea Shepherd, writing and directing the documentary Grind of the Faroe Islands and is a huge supporter of the Elephant rescue center PAWS, in Northern California.

Doug Allen is known for Band of Brothers (2001), Gangster No. 1 (2000) and The Firm (2009).

George Calil was born in 1973. He is an actor and producer, known for Band of Brothers (2001), The Other Half (2006) and Spartacus (2004).

Nolan Hemmings was born in 1970. He is an actor, known for Black Book (2006), Band of Brothers (2001) and Pump Up the Volume (1990). He has been married to Nikki Grosse since 22 May 2003. They have two children.

Robin Laing was born on 16 February 1976 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Gold (2023), Outlander (2014) and Shetland (2013).

Rick Warden is a British Television, Film, Theatre and Radio actor. He played Lt. Harry Welsh in HBO's Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning Band of Brothers, and Inspector Mike Taylor in BBC's BAFTA Award winning Happy Valley. He also played Oliver Saxby KC in the RTS and BAFTA Award winning The Sixth Commandment. Rick studied History at Churchill College Cambridge University and married actress Lucy Barker on Mayday 2004. They have two daughters.

Dale Dye was born Oct. 8, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He graduated as a cadet officer from Missouri Military Academy, but there was no money for college, so he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in January 1964. He served in Vietnam in 1965 and 1967 through 1970, surviving 31 major combat operations. He emerged from Southeast Asia with numerous decorations, including a Bronze Star for valor and three Purple Heart medals for wounds suffered in combat. He spent 13 years as an enlisted Marine, rising to the rank of master sergeant. He was chosen to attend officer candidate school and was appointed a warrant officer in 1976. He later converted his commission and was a captain when he was sent to Beirut with the multinational peacekeeping force in 1982-83. He served in a variety of assignments around the world and along the way managed to graduate with a BA degree in English from the University of Maryland. Dye worked for a year at Soldier of Fortune magazine after his retirement in 1984. He spent time in Central America, reporting and training troops in guerrilla warfare techniques in both El Salvador and Nicaragua before leaving the magazine in 1985 and heading for Hollywood. He is the founder and principal of Warriors, Inc., which provides technical advisory services to the entertainment industry worldwide. Services included performer training, research, planning, staging and on-set advisory for directors and other key production personnel.

In 2011, Hughes wrote and co-starred with Rick Gomez in the film "Leave" and wrote 2012's The Dark Tourist starring Michael Cudlitz and Melanie Griffith. 2013 saw Mr. Hughes' script "Pox Americana" break into the top ten on the prestigious Black List, resulting in a two-picture deal with Warner Brothers. Since then, he has written ten studio films, including projects for Tom Hanks, Tom Hardy, and Denzel Washington.

This year, Hughes portrayed Frank Sinatra in the Paramount+ series "The Offer," directed by Dexter Fletcher, and will next be seen as Mike Marino in the upcoming film "Pep," produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and starring James Madio.

Although he has a distinguished and exciting career on stage, television and film, British actor Tim Matthews may be best known for his portrayal of American soldiers in two award-winning television events - the critically acclaimed, mini-series "Band of Brothers" (2001) - winner of the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmy) and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's prestigious Golden Globe; and Arts and Entertainment Channel's broadcast of the Twentieth Century Fox production of "The Lost Battalion" (2001).

Born on April 4, 1976, Tim Matthews began acting at the age of 11 when he appeared in "Fuente Ovejuna", directed by Declan Donnellan for the National Theatre. Several theatrical appearances quickly followed including the role of Peter in the Time-Out award winning production of Leona Heimfeld's "Dreams of Anne Frank" at London's Polka Theatre in 1992; this was the same year of one of Matthews' earliest television appearance as a guest on the BBC comedy "So Haunt Me" (Cinema Verity).

1993 was an important year for the young actor, as Matthews was cast in the dual roles of Gus and Augustus Coverly (alongside notable actors Bill Nighy, Rufus Sewell, Felicity Kendall and others) in the National Theatre's Evening Standard and Olivier Award winning production of "Arcadia", a new play written by Sir Tom Stoppard and directed by Sir Trevor Nunn. He later reprised his "Arcadia" roles for the BBC Radio 4 broadcast of the play. For the 1993/94 season, the actor appeared in another Olivier and Evening Standard Award winning National Theatre play titled "Machinal", starring Fiona Shaw and directed by Stephen Daldry (CBE).

Matthews has kept very busy with several successful theatrical and television performances. In 1994 he played Taplow in the Greenwich Theatre production of "The Browning Version" directed by Philip Franks. He also appeared as Crispin, a regular character on the Crucial Films/BBC comedy titled "The Chef". In addition to performing in the 1995 production of "Bearing Fruit", directed by Deborah Paige for the Hampstead Theatre, Matthews made guest appearances on Sky One's "Space Precinct" (Melton Productions) and on the Channel 4/Hat Trick production of "Eleven Men Against Eleven". In 1996 he played Jack, the leading role in the Jolyon Symonds film "Black Eyes", directed by Dan Zeff. That same year, Matthews also appeared as series regular, William Hamilton on the BBC Drama "No Bananas" and made guest appearances on the hilarious comedy spoof "Drop the Dead Donkey" (Channel 4/Hat Trick) and in "The Thin Blue Line" (BBC/Tiger Aspect).

In 1997, he co-starred with Robert Lindsay and Imelda Staunton in the Talisman Films/Channel Four comedy special "Remember Me?". Additionally there was a guest appearance on the ITV/Meridian drama "Where the Heart Is" and in 1998, Matthews played Pauline Collins's son, Nate Smith, in the critically acclaimed BBC/Ecosse Films drama series "The Ambassador". That same year included a guest appearance on the BBC crime series "Dangerfield" and the lead character Danny, in "Danny's Story", directed by Bill Eagles and distributed throughout the UK schools as an anti-drug education program.

Tim Matthews returned to the London stage in 1999 to portray Rachel Weiss's brother, George Holly, in Tennessee Williams's "Suddenly Last Summer" alongside fellow cast members Gerard Butler and Sheila Gish at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End. Later that year, he co-starred as series regular, Steve Blade on the BBC/Valentine Production of "Harbour Lights".

A career achievement occurred after five auditions (including an audition with Tom Hanks) when Tim was given the coveted role of Corporal Alex Penkala in the 2001 World War II, HBO mini-series "Band of Brothers", executive produced by Oscar winners Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks through their respective companies, (Dreamworks SKG, Playtone Productions, along with HBO). "Band of Brothers" is the most expensive and one of the most successful mini-series of all-time, having won the Golden Globe, Emmy, the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award which honors only the finest in entertainment production, along with other U.S. and international industry awards. The mini-series has aired in over 50 countries, including extremely successful broadcasts in the UK on the BBC. Other countries airing the television event include Germany, Japan, China, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Australia and Eastern Europe. Tim Matthews' convincing American accent also helped secure the role of Lt. Gordon Schenck in the popular Arts and Entertainment Channel's award winning World War I drama, "The Lost Battalion," produced by Twentieth Century Fox.

Tim next made a guest appearance in the BBC/One Eyed Dog production of "Judge John Deed" and then in 2002 he began playing one of his best known and most popular characters, Liam McGuire on the BBC drama "Doctors." Matthews was nominated for a British Soap Opera Award for this role for Best Villain of the Year 2003. In 2004 the actor appeared in the BBC production of "Freeview" and in 2005 he played the role of Major Thomas Ferebee in the BBC docu-drama, "Hiroshima". In 2006, Tim appeared as Shane in the independent film "From London to Brighton".

Most recently, Tim guest starred in "Wire in the Blood" and "Hustle" and will reprise his role as Liam McGuire in "Doctors" in September. Matthews' first album, "Somebody Else", is also due to launch in the UK in the fall of 2007.

When not on location, on the stage or in the recording studio, Tim resides in Oxfordshire, England.