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Born in West Covina, California, but raised in New York City, Tim Robbins is the son of former The Highwaymen singer Gil Robbins and actress Mary Robbins (née Bledsoe). Robbins studied drama at UCLA, where he graduated with honors in 1981. That same year, he formed the Actors' Gang theater group, an experimental ensemble that expressed radical political observations through the European avant-garde form of theater. He started film work in television movies in 1983, but hit the big time in 1988 with his portrayal of dimwitted fastball pitcher "Nuke" Laloosh in Bull Durham (1988). Tall with baby-faced looks, he has the ability to play naive and obtuse (Cadillac Man (1990) and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)) or slick and shrewd (The Player (1992) and Bob Roberts (1992)).- Actor
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Robert Buckley was born on May 2, 1981 in Los Angeles, California. The Southern California native earned a degree in Economics from the University of California at San Diego. After earning his degree, he spent a year and a half working as an economic consultant before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment.
He is most known for playing Kirby in Lipstick Jungle, Clay Evans on One Tree Hill, and Major Lilywhite on iZombie. Most recently, Robert co-created and executive produced The Christmas House for Hallmark, based on his real-life Christmas traditions as a child.- Actor
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Jeremy James Miller is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Ben Seaver on Growing Pains and its two reunion movies. He also was the voice of Linus in Happy New Year, Charlie Brown and Snoopy the Musical.
Miller was first cast in a McDonald's commercial and then began to land multiple guest roles in Charles in Charge, Different Strokes, Punky Brewster, and Pryor's Place. He was cast in the NBC mini series Deceptions with Barry Bostwick, Stephanie Powers, and Fairuza Balk before landing the role of Ben Seaver, the youngest son on Growing Pains. Miller was supposed to be a part of the cast of the PBS show Ghostwriter. The creator wanted to make him a mentor to the younger Ghostwriter members, but the producers decided it wasn't a good idea for the show to have an older ghostwriter team member and Miller was not invited back after shooting the pilot. As an actor, probably his most recognizable trademark is the "Ben Seaver Scream", which can be heard and seen in any number of Growing Pains episodes and during the closing credits of the movie Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
After Growing Pains, Jeremy co starred as "Jake" in the TV movie Based on an Untrue Story with Morgan Fairchild, Robert Goulet, Rikki Lake, Dan Hedeya, Victoria Jackson, and Harvey Korman.
He then decided to take a break from acting and attended the University of Southern California for a year where he studied drama. Soon after he began to pursue his passion for cooking and enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at Le Cordon Bleu which he left just short of graduating. Jeremy started his own catering company called "No Small Affair" as well as freelanced as a chef for multiple LA based catering companies. He also teaches private cooking classes and group cooking parties. Jeremy continues to pursue acting and went to Shanghai (where he enjoys a huge popularity and following) to co star in the film Milk and Fashion, He starred in a commercial for McDonald's "Dollar Menunaires" promotion shot as a parody of the VH1 series Best Week Ever. He has also been spotted in Boys and Girls Guide To Getting Down. He can be seen in four movies in 2009: Ditching Party, Never Have I Ever, The Fish and Tar Beach. He will also be co-starring in the upcoming horror film Awakening as well as two new shows; One a recurring role in the comedy - The Comeback Kids and one as the lead in the Paranormal Suspense Drama - 3rd Eye.- Scheana Marie is an American television personality, actress, podcast host and singer. She is best known for her role as one of the lead cast members of the hit Bravo reality series, Vanderpump Rules (2013). She attended Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, and earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Azusa Pacific University.
- Born and raised in Southern California, Ron Melendez knew from a very young age that he wanted to be an actor. Inspired by his family's weekly trips to the movie theater (his parent's would often take him out of school to see the latest release), Ron began pursuing his career at 16. While still in high school, Ron began working in television and commercials. He continued working as he studied English Literature at UCLA, finally dropping out shortly before completing his degree to commit fully to his acting career. The move worked, and Ron quickly began adding credits to his resume, beginning with the lead role in "Children of the Corn III", a recurring role on "The Nanny", and many more roles in film and television. In 1998, Ron won a lead role on the series "Legacy" and received very positive reviews for the portrayal, including being named one of the 12 stars to watch by TV Guide. After Legacy, Ron won the title role in the NBC pilot "Merlyn" by writer/executive producer Tom De Santo, who has gone on to success with the "X-Men" and "Transformers" movies. In the last few years, Ron has worked consistently. He has appeared in numerous films and television series, doing guest-starring roles in shows like "CSI", "CSI-New York", "Angel", "Charmed", and "Grey's Anatomy", as well as roles in numerous pilots, a series regular role on "General Hospital - Night Shift", and a recurring role on "General Hospital". While not working, Ron spends his time travelling, reading, playing hockey and soccer, and studying languages. He is fluent in Italian, often visiting his family in Lucca, Italy. He also has studied Spanish and French.
Ron is married and expecting his first child. - Actor
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Artie O'Daly was born in West Covina, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for General Hospital (1963), Modern Family (2009) and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019).- Mary Castro grew up in La Verne, California, a small, quiet suburb of Los Angeles. She attended Bonita High School where she was on the varsity Drill team. She was also an active member of the Bonita High School Chorale. Her music teacher discovered her profound voice and quickly moved her to the concert choir. Mary found out that a nearby university was having vocal scholarships. She was only in 11th grade but thought she would give it a shot. She was duly awarded the vocal music scholarship and graduated in her junior year.
College was very demanding for her so she took some time off. Still having the passion to perform, Mary decided to take acting lessons at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Allen Williams was her teacher. She began as a background artist, but her drive didn't stop there. She soon got an agent and has been working on various projects, such as Must Love Dogs (2005), Cellular (2004), Domino (2005), xXx: State of the Union (2005) and Las Vegas (2003) (as Alec Baldwin's girlfriend "Maria"). She was one of the top 16 finalists for the WWE Raw Diva search from L.A., and they were in awe of her powerful pipes. She continues to work extremely hard. Acting and music are her passions. - Actor
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Troy was born in West Covina, California, but before the age of twelve his family moved to Henryetta, OK. After high school he was offered a position with the New York Mets, but turned it down for college at the University of Oklahoma. Troy left the Oklahoma and transfered to UCLA, where he studied Sociology. Troy was a the number one draft pick in 1989. He is now #8 for the World Champion Dallas Cowboys. His favorite sports hero is Larry Bird and he enjoys playing golf and water sports.- Writer
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Constance M. Burge was born on 15 April 1962 in West Covina, California, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Royal Pains (2009), Charmed (1998) and Savannah (1996).- Actor
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Craig Chester was born in West Covina, California, the son of Cecil, lead singer in the rock band "Whiskey" and Linda, a homemaker. He moved with his family to Carrollton, Texas at the age of twelve when his father accepted a corporate job with Nestlé. At age fifteen, Chester was diagnosed with the congenital facial deformity Long face syndrome. The condition's most striking symptom is an excessively long lower face height. At eighteen, Chester spent a year undergoing multiple reconstructive surgeries. Chester moved to New York City in 1985, with a new face, to study at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Following graduation, he performed in various stage productions in New York, including a play written by Joanne Woodward who, upon noticing his naturalistic acting style, encouraged Chester to pursue a career in film.
Chester's acting debut was in the feature film _Swoon_, a contemporary re-telling of the infamous Leopold & Loeb murder of Bobby Franks which earned Chester an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor. Janet Maslin of The New York Times described the film as "dazzling". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone described Swoon as "a great film...haunting and visionary". Chester went on to act in a string of critically acclaimed independent films. He was openly gay from the inception of his career, rare at that time.
Chester transitioned out of acting and into writing.- Actor
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Ken Lawson was born on 19 January 1976 in West Covina, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), Lumina (2024) and Jaded Confessions.- Director
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Jenée LaMarque was born on 2 February 1980 in West Covina, California, USA. She is a director and writer, known for The Pretty One (2013), The Feels (2017) and Room 104 (2017). She has been married to Julian Wass since 4 November 2006. They have two children.- Laurie was born in West Covina, California to Rex Dean Levie & Patricia Ann Levie. Her father was an Author and wrote the book "The Insect Warriors - 1965". Her mother was a house wife. Her Grandmother (Rex's Mother) Nola Levie was an inventor of the Flat push Trollies used Warehouses & Big Hardware Stores. She also invented that plastic greenry you use to see in Butcher Shops to divide the foods. Laurie Grew-up mostly in South Gate, California & in Santa Ana, Orange County, California during her Jr. High years, Then moved back to South Gate. Laurie was on the S.G.H.S Swimteam where she was a Cross Country Swimmer. She also was on the school Newspaper, and in the Pep Squad. Laurie was a 3rd Generations to goto South Gate High School. She Graudated in 1984.
In the summer of 1985 she would meet a handsome Swede who was touring California with a co-worker. It was Love at 1st sight, but really 2 weeks. Laurie fell in love with Peder Oldenstål who was a computer programmer at the time. Peder had to go back to Sweden to make some money so Laurie could come be with him. However, Laurie could not wait, and got a job, a passport and a 1 way ticket to Sweden. Peder and Laurie were married on Jan. 18, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden at the Town Hall called "Stadhuset". 1 year later on March 13, 1987 they would have their only child, Benjamin P. Oldenstål, and in 2024 They welcomed their 1st Grandson to the world.
Laurie hobbies are Singing (Online) Karaoke & Genealogy. Laurie started singing in the 90s and still at it. In Oct. 1996, Laurie won a change to be on a Swedish TV game Show called "Lotto Express Show" from the Swedish TV channel 3. It was part of Lottery where if your lottery ticket did not win, you could watch this show. And if you could figure out the hidden picture and call in the right name of the person. You get to come on TV and be in a Game (Quiz) Show. Well, Laurie won, and she only been in Sweden 11yrs. too. She won a trip for her & her family (son and husband) to London, UK.
Laurie was not new to being on camera, She had been in a few TV News interviews before she came to Sweden. Laurie has always had the bug to go into Show Biz, but she has 1 little handicap. She has a hard time remembering line and song lyrics. (hints why she does karaoke).
Infact she got to sing on the TV show in 2005 called "Most Haunted Live - Manchester, UK". She saw a poem someone wrote on the Producer "Karl Bettie" fan page, and turned it into a song. She was sent tickets to come to the show in the U.K. Later they would call her and ask her to preform the song LIVE on their show. She did and got her 10 seconds of fame. And later the next day, a little boy with his mother shopping goes "Hey Momma, isn't that lady that sang on the show last night?" his mother goes I think so?!. Laurie turned at the little boy and said yes, I hope you like it? Little boy replies, "Yes, you were good, but they should have showed more".
In 2014 She and Peder moved to the countryside near an old Iron Mine. In 2016 she tired out to be a Scare Actress for an adventure Paintball Park "Zombie Escape". And became a "Zombie". The 2 brothers that owned the company also make Swedish commerical and do a few other things in the Movie ind.. Laurie got injured and decided to hang up her Zombie look in 2018.
2020 a knock came to her door. It was her old Zombie Bosses (the twins). They asked her if she like to be in Swedish reality TV (game) show, She said "sure why not". Next, 3 gentlemen from Production company would met with her, they liked what they saw and said she just what they were looking for. That show was "Hide and Seek, Season 3" as Mama Mable.
Just before doing the show, Laurie started her other hobby Genealogy. She found she is related to a boatload of Famous (Actors, Singers, Songwriters, Authors, Historical Figures, Presidents/Vice Pres., And Royal Families) around the world. Laurie is of blue blood, but holds no title. She found she is related to the 1st King of Both Sweden and Norway as well as the UK royals. Laurie has found she is related to over 2000+ famous/historcial people. However she has NO contact with any of them. And has already met 2 in Sweden she did not even know she was related to at the time of meeting them.
Laurie & Peder are still living in the country side in Sweden, and enjoying retirement. - Actress
Jennifer Marie Steffin and twin sister Michelle Ann Steffin were born in the early 80s in West Covina (California,USA). At the age of 2 1/2 years old they, together landed the role of young/toddler Rose Wilder on the last two episodes/movies on "Little House on the Prairie" television post-production sequel movies. They starred in "Bless All the Dear Children" and "The Last Farewell." In 1985, she did a small scene in Highway to Heaven, thoroughbred part 1 as the giggling girl at Mark (Victor French's character).
She left acting shortly after to start school, and in 1999 she graduated from Montclair High School in Montclair (California, USA). During her high school years, Jennifer was a member of the swimming and art clubs (where she was its President in 1999). During her senior year of high school, she moved to Rancho Cucamonga (California, USA) and has been working in medical billing. She went back to school to get an Associates degree in the area of Medical Office Management and earned her degree 2015. Around 2003, she got married to her children's father. Her children were born, daughter Deserae c.2004 and son Austyn c.2005. In 2007, she got divorced and has been raising the children on her own.
She is now enjoying meeting fans of Little House and Highway to Heaven.- Actor
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Romel De Silva is a Filipino-American actor, writer, and comedian. Recent credits include: Sebastian Woo in "He's All That" (Netflix), Oliver Ramos in "Ghostwriter" (Apple TV+), and Sawyer Friedman in "The Prank" (XRM Media). Romel is a BFA graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) and trained at UCB Los Angeles. He was born in Los Angeles and his hometown is West Covina, CA. Romel is managed by Entertainment Lab and represented by Daniel Hoff Agency.- Paul McMichael was born as Michael Gallant in West Covina, California, USA. He started his acting career, at the age of seven in 1982, acting in various plays, in Monrovia, California. Later on that same year, he enjoyed the acting bug, so, he decided to try film and TV, along with several other cast members of the playhouse, such as Alitzah he was then working.
Throughout his career, he would land the roles of the child of the principal actors.
He later sought out acting lessons, from well-respected teachers, such as Ann Eldridge and June Chandler. There, he fine-tuned his acting skills, as well as started to develop comedic writing, and excelled in improvisation.
During his teen years, he was greatly inspired by The Beatles, more specifically, Paul McCartney (for whom, he modeled his stage name), and took up learning the guitar and bass. He then was cast as "the guitar player" in many movies and television shows.
While not acting, McMichael has played the role of "Paul McCartney" in various Los Angles-based Beatle tribute bands, including "Imagine", "BackBeat" and the band he formed on his own, "Apple Scruffs" (formerly known as "The WannaBeatles"). He also performs in an original group based in LA called "The Give". Occasionally, he works as a session musician, and has recorded and played with the likes of "Blind Pony", featuring, Tony Award-winning actor, Kent Klineman - Actress
Michele Ann Steffin and her twin sister Jennifer Marie Steffin were born in the early 80s in West Covina (California,USA). At the age of 2 1/2 years old they, together landed the role of Young/toddler Rose Wilder on the last two episodes/movies on "Little House on the Prairie" television post-production sequel movies. They starred in "Bless All the Dear Children"and "The Last Farewell".
In 1985, Michelle stared in an episode of Airwolf playing Dominic's daughter in old home movies. Season 2 episode 6 "Sins of the Past."
She left acting shortly after to start school, and in 1999 she graduated from Montclair High School in Montclair (California, USA). During her high school years, Michelle was a member of the swim team, and in her senior year she moved to Rancho Cucamonga (California, USA). In 2006, she started studying Human Resources at the Chaffey Community College in Rancho Cucamonga (California, USA). She has worked in the Material Handling Industry since 2006 (California, USA).- Producer
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Anthony "Tony" Estrada is a Los Angeles-based producer, writer and director. A native of Southern California, and a third generation Latino, he has been working in the entertainment industry for the past eight years.
Estrada earned a B.A. in Screen Arts and Culture from the University of Michigan, introducing him to global cinema and helped him to define his passion for filmmaking. Shortly after receiving his degree, Estrada was presented with the opportunity to teach film, photography, and English grammar and literature at his high school alma mater.
Concurrent to his teaching position, he worked as an intern for MGM Beverly Hills, where he was offered a job as an assistant to producer Adam Saunders, where he garnered financing for the company's film fund. He then went on to work as an assistant to Lee Toland Krieger. While under Krieger's mentorship, Tony produced, wrote and directed his first short film, Martha Cook, which played at the 2014 Santa Barbara Film Festival. During his time with Krieger, he developed pitches and worked onset with Krieger's first studio motion picture, The Age of Adaline, and shot second-unit coverage for MTV's Happyland. In 2014, Tony wrote, produced and directed his second short film, For My Youth the Bell Tolls, which won the Audience Award at the 2015 We Like 'Em Short
Tony then began concurrently writing, producing and directing scripted corporate content for Niagara Bottling, which has remained a client through today. He has produced branded content and commercials for several other national brands including; CBS, Mattel, Lyft, Niagara Bottling and Los Angeles County.
In Spring 2016, Estrada wrote and directed the short film Bridesman, starring Danny Trejo, which garnered national publicity on both radio and TV networks. He subsequently developed the concept as the feature 'Man of Honor' which is currently being shopped. His most recent concept film, ¡Viva la Revolución!, starred, Mexican crossover superstar, Maite Perroni, and child stars, Lonnie Chavis (This is Us) and Miya Cech (The Darkest Minds). After playing several festivals internationally, Estrada developed a Youth Empowerment & Anti-Bullying Event with the short film as its foundational message and presented as a motivational speaker to schools across the country. Additional projects based on the short film are being dual tracked as a children's book series and kid's television series.
Estrada is developing the filmed musical, Labor of Love, and the social thriller, Those Who Fear Us, that latter of which is being shopped as a novel. His first book, a 'motivational memoir' is being developed for publishing by a NY-based literary agency. Most recently, he served as the producer on the indie pilot, 'Classified' for co-creators, Chris Carvalho and Chris Plaushin. Under his E Squared production banner, Estrada continues to pursue projects and opportunities that help develop the influence of Latinos in front of and behind the camera, in the film, television, and non-scripted genres.- Music Department
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Greg Camp was born in West Covina, California. He's known for his surf influenced guitar playing and before Co-creating the 90's band Smash Mouth, he had been a musician in the California rock scene in multiple other bands. He scores and composes music for film, and continues to write songs for well known artists as well as has a few projects of his own. Camp is known to write under various pseudonyms for the purpose of anonymity and freedom of expression.
Camp wrote Smash Mouth's most memorable songs, including "Walkin' on the Sun," "All Star," and "Then the Morning Comes". He was the guitarist and backing vocalist from when he co-founded the band in 1994 until he left in summer of 2008. After leaving Smash Mouth, Camp released a solo album, Defektor, on Bar/None Records. Guitar Player Magazine wrote that the album "weaves together everything you love about vintage guitar tones, tortured Farfisa, '60s frat-rock vocal hooks, and epic Moriccone-esque soundscapes." Camp also Co-Created the retro pop band known as The Selectrics with his wife Gina Briganti. They have three children and reside in Los Angeles, California.- Writer
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Sameer Gardezi was born on 27 April 1983 in West Covina, California, USA. Sameer is a writer and producer, known for Modern Family (2009), Hot Mess Holiday (2021) and East of La Brea (2018). Sameer is married to Muneera Gardezi. They have three children.- Actor
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Jason Giambi was born on 8 January 1971 in West Covina, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Dirty Deeds (2005), Arli$$ (1996) and The Bronx Is Burning (2007). He has been married to Kristian Rice since 2 February 2002. They have three children. He was previously married to Dana Mandela.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Raul Perez was born on 13 June 1984 in West Covina, California, USA. He is a director, known for The 4 Points, The Ice Cream Stop (2022) and Operation: Dark Waters (2024).- Actor
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Andrew McDonough was born on 27 January 1994 in West Covina, California, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for Finding Nemo (2003), Return to Never Land (2002) and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015).- Actor
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Patrick Dorn was born on 6 August 1991 in West Covina, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Without a Paddle (2004), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and Teacher's Pet (2004).- Actor
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Jerry Fortuna was born 1986 in West Covina, California. Jerry was raised in West Covina his whole life and attended West Covina High school graduating with the class of 2005. In high school, Jerry was very active in sports especially basketball. During his senior year Jerry led his basketball travel team to a state championship where he was also named the player of the game recording 27 points, 11 assist, 6 steals.
Shortly after high school, jerry started working part time. He then earned full-time work as a manager but was never satisfied and always pushed to excel to get to the next level. By the age of 20, Jerry responded to an ad on the radio where they casting back ground actors for movies. Intrigued by the ad, jerry responded and was booked for Will Ferrell's comedy movie Semi-Pro. That was the turning point for Jerry's career, opening new doors that led roles in other projects.
Jerry now who has guest starred in such projects as: "Southland" -salley in the alley, Telemundo "dale a la botella" -Big baby episode which aired the highest rating, and other indie films. Jerry Fortuna new found fame has led him to a few red carpet interviews, and coming soon magazine articles. Jerry's hard work, persistence and desire to "partake" in television & film projects has created a buzz in Hollywood.