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Robert Knepper, the son of a veterinarian, was born in Fremont, Ohio, and was raised in Maumee (near Toledo). When he was growing up, his mother worked in the props department for the community theater, and because of her involvement, he became interested in acting. Robert began his career in theater in his hometown before majoring in theater at Northwestern University. He has performed in over one hundred professional theatrical productions around the world. He is a resident of Southern California.

Julie Sommars was born in Fremont, Nebraska to a government grain inspector and schoolteacher. She attended schools in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. While a student in Onawa, Iowa, her father, without her knowledge, entered her name in a worldwide talent hunt. Fifteen-year-old Julie found herself in Chicago auditioning for Otto Preminger for the lead role in his film "Saint Joan." She didn't get that part, but as a high school senior she did win the American Legion State Oratory Contest in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She was the only female winner in all of, what was then, the 48 states.

After graduation from high school, Julie took the Greyhound bus to California for a summer job teaching horseback riding and swimming, and attended San Bernardino Valley College. Her appearance in the play, "Our Town" led to her playing Loretta Young's daughter in an episode of the "Loretta Young Show." She was 19.

Her big break came in another talent hunt. She competed for and won the female lead in Ross Hunter's talent hunt for unknowns to play in his 1966 black comedy, "The Pad and How to Use It," based on the Peter Shaffer play, "The Private Ear."

In 1969 she starred in the comedy series, "The Governor and J.J." playing Dan Dailey's daughter, J. J. In 1970 she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, tying with Carol Burnett, as well as the Best New Star Award from the Television Critics Association for her role as J. J.

Julie also starred with Dean Jones and Don Knotts in the Disney movie "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo." Episodic television work includes roles in "Get Smart," "Barnaby Jones," "Harry O," "The Rockford Files," "McMillan and Wife," "McCloud," and "Magnum P.I." In the 1970s Julie starred in many movies for television, including "The Harness," "Five Desperate Women," "Cave-In," and "Centennial."

From 1987-1994 Julie joined Andy Griffith in "Matlock," playing his love interest Assistant District Attorney, Julie March. In 1990 she received her second Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for the role.

Upon retiring, from March 1999 to March 2000, she served as a public member on the California Judicial Performance Commission. From 2000 to 2003, she served as a public member on The Board of Governors for the State of California.

In 2021 Julie lives in California with John Karns, her husband of 38 years. Between them they have three children, Jacey Erwin, Mike Karns, and Bill Karns.

Marg Helgenberger is an established dramatic actress whose prominence has been steadily increasing. Her work has been noted on stage, film and TV. Most of her career has been spent in dramatic roles on television, but she has also had a noteworthy presence in feature films.

Helgenberger earned a degree in drama at Northwestern University. A talent scout recruited her from there to work on the soap opera Ryan's Hope (1975) where she appeared over the course of the next four years.

Throughout the 1990s Helgenberger took on numerous roles in made-for-TV movies and as a guest star on many TV series. In particular she appeared in many movies made specifically for the Lifetime cable network and also for Showtime. She won critical acclaim for In Sickness and in Health (1992), Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) and Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000).

In TV series she won an Emmy for her portrayal of a hard-bitten prostitute who catered to Vietnam War soldiers, in the series China Beach (1988). She also was George Clooney's love interest in a multi-episode arc of the monumentally successful TV series ER (1994).

In feature films, Helgenberger has appeared in Tootsie (1982), Steven Spielberg's Always (1989), Species (1995) and In Good Company (2004).

Her greatest claim to fame on the silver screen may be when she played opposite Julia Roberts as a chemical exposure victim in the popular movie Erin Brockovich (2000).

Helgenberger is most known for her TV role as a crime scene investigator in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). She shared in CSI's 2005 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.

In her personal life, Helgenberger is the daughter of a cancer survivor and is very active in supporting research for breast cancer.

Filmmaker Len Wiseman's career began through his work in the art department on the blockbuster hits like Godzilla (1998), Men in Black (1997), and Independence Day (1996). His design talents soon got him behind the camera directing commercials for PlayStation, Time Warner, Oracle, Intel, and Activision, and quickly lead to work in music videos. Len received numerous award nominations, including Best Art Direction at the 2002 MTV Awards for Quarashi's Screaming Masterpiece (2005) (aka Stick 'Em Up) and Best Director at the 2002 MVPA Awards for the Rufus Wainwright video "Across the Universe." In addition, Wiseman directed music videos for Megadeth, En Vogue, Static-X, Paul Oakenfold and Brooke Allison.

Meagan Tandy was born on 3 May 1985 in Fremont, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Piranha 3DD (2012), Unstoppable (2010) and Teen Wolf (2011). She has been married to Branden Wellington since 1 September 2024.

Rosalie Chiang was born in the Bay Area of California. She's the lead in Pixar's Turning Red (2022). She also played the lead in the USC MFA thesis film Soiled (2018) & was the principal in Yamaha Piano's 1st TV commercial in the U.S. in 2017. She has published 2 poetry books: A is for Albatross: Birds A to Z & A is for Arowana: Freshwater Fish A to Z. The former won the Skipping Stone Honor Book Award in 2017. Born to parents from Taiwan & Singapore, she's fluent in Mandarin. In her free time, she enjoys playing the piano, hip-hop dancing, baking & traveling.

Joel Souza is a filmmaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he lives with his wife and two children. As its writer and director, Joel is excited to make his theatrical feature debut with the gritty portrayal of life behind the wheel of a squad car in "Crown Vic."

John Holland was born on 16 May 1908 in Fremont, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Chinatown (1974), My Fair Lady (1964) and The Madmen of Mandoras (1963). He was married to Nancy Linda Ramage and Mary John Saxon. He died on 21 May 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Don Hertzfeldt was born on 1 August 1976 in Fremont, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for World of Tomorrow (2015), It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011) and The Simpsons (1989).

Julie Pinson was born on 7 November 1967 in Fremont, California, USA. She is an actress, known for As the World Turns (1956), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Port Charles (1997). She has been married to Billy Warlock since 26 August 2006.

Yousef "Fousey" Erakat is a YouTube creator, actor, prankster, and motivational speaker. In 2015, Yousef won "Show of the Year" at the 5th Annual Streamy Awards for "FouseyTube" which boasts over 10.5 million subscribers. In 2016, he won "Entertainer of the Year" at the 6th Annual Streamy Awards for his other daily vlog, "Dose of Fousey", which has another 3.5 million subscribers. He toured nationally with Roman Atwood and can be seen acting in Tyler Perry's "BOO! A Madea Halloween" Part One and Two and starring in YouTube Red's feature film, "We Love You". Yousef has partnered with AdBlitz, Verizon, Nike and Microsoft for major brand campaigns. Yousef was listed 3rd on the list of "40 Inspiring Muslims Under 40" by MBMuslima Magazine.

Modeled in massive campaigns for DKNY, Gucci and currently for Nautica. Was nominated in 1998 as Male Model of the Year by the VH1 Fashion Awards. American Gun (2002) starring opposite James Coburn is Ryan's feature film debut. With his raw talent and strikingly good looks expect great things from this hot new star as he leaps fresh from the magazine pages to the big screen.

Brianna Dale was born on 19 October 1995 in Fremont, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Black Tape Project - Texas Swim Week 2024 (2024) and Brianna Dale in Slow Mo: Black Tape Project (2024).

Adrian Bustamante was born Raul Bustamante on September 8, 1981, in Fremont, California to Raul and Marie, and was the first of their four children (1 sister and 2 brothers). The Bustamante family, moved to Antioch, California, where Ryan grew up and graduated College. Adrian's parents divorced when he was young and both his parents remain strong supporters in his life. Ryan attended A couple community colleges taking multiple acting classes, but not making a move towards his true love of acting for another 9 years.

Though Adrian received no formal training after his time in college he decided to make a run full time at acting after a long career in real estate. He began acting in San Francisco, California and booked his first major role on the NBC Network Drama "Trauma." While working on Trauma Adrian's Career began to roll, working on numerous commercials and working on the CBS day time soap "The Young and the Restless."

Adrian has since been in numerous television shows and films, and is garnering a name around Hollywood.

After spending his high-school years in Madrid, Spain, Mark was a modern day nomad at heart. He acquired a B.A. in Film/T.V. production from San Jose State University and quickly bolted back overseas to live in Italy, France and Africa, finding work as a T.V. segment director/cameraman. 1990's Mark spent studying acting in Los Angeles at the Stella Adler Conservatory West and the Actor's Circle Theater. In 2008, Mark relocated to southern New Mexico where he landed a re-occurring roles on The CW's: Easy Money as Pastor Jeff, and other supporting roles on hit TV series In Plain Sight, Longmire and AMC's Breaking Bad. He also landed lead roles in the feature films: River, Lost Padre Mine, Big Mistake, The Prototype, Beyond, Triple Threat, and the multi-award winning film Broken Gaiete' (AKA: Village on Tubitv). Mark also wrote, produced, Hosted & Edited 13 episodes of his New Mexico Travel show Enchantments.

Jonathan Grebe was born in Fremont, California, USA. Jonathan is an actor and producer, known for Christmas Wrap (2011), Victims (2019) and Smosh (2005).

Wheel of Fortune indirectly launched Chris' entertainment career when he won a speedboat as a contestant on the show and was unable to afford the taxes. So he took a job in television production and discovered a love for the behind the scenes machinations of the entertainment industry, eventually segueing into development and talent management. Chris has worked professionally as a film producer, writer, performer, composer, director, executive and behind-the-scenes guy. And now he hangs out most days with his awesome colleagues at Authentic Talent and Literary

Born and raised in Fremont, Ca. During his teen years, when he wasn't in school, he was skateboarding. Day in and day out, he was on his skateboard perfecting any trick he could land. He took his first Drama class in junior high school and was immediately hooked after his first taste of improv(1997). He went on through high school with a great interest in drama, while continuing to skate. During the college years, Christopher acted in a few student films before deciding to enlist into the United States Marine Corps as a Diesel Mechanic and a Machine Gunner(2004). Christopher went through two tours to Iraq. It was Christopher's plan, regardless of his situation, to pursue acting professionally when he got out of the military(2008). With the support his beautiful wife, Danica, and his two amazing kids, Devun and Anelyse, he is now working toward realizing that dream.

John Crosthwaite was born on 20 October 1983 in Fremont, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Go! Go! Cory Carson (2020), Circle of Stone (2020) and The Dark Hunger (2016). He has been married to Angelique Wilkie since 21 July 2012.

Ben Nye was born on 12 January 1907 in Fremont, Nebraska, USA. Ben is known for The Fly (1958), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Ben was married to Helen Barbara Baldwin. Ben died on 9 February 1986 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Marc Baxley was born on 3 September 1938 in Fremont, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Amazing Spider-Man (1977), Hawaii Five-O (1968) and CHiPs (1977). He died on 15 May 2015 in Millbrae, California, USA.

Karl John Morris was born on August 15 in Fremont California, to Sandra Marie Recio (half Finnish and half Mexican descent) and John Arthur Morris (half Portuguese (Azores) and half English, Irish and Dutch descent). While in Jr. High Karl got the bug for the film industry while taking film making classes where he wrote, shot, acted, directed and scored two short films. After moving to Dallas from New York City he pursued an acting career in independent film, having over 60 film projects under his belt. He continues to pursue his acting career while enjoying passions such as traveling, playing baseball and ice hockey, taking voice and music classes, bicycling and hiking, genealogy and languages.

Cher Tenbush was born on 2 December 1981 in Fremont, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Steamroom (2010), Father vs. Son (2010) and 2 Dudes and a Dream (2009).

Matt Palazzolo was born on 18 December 1984 in Fremont, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Green Room (2005), Bloomers (2011) and You Should Meet My Son! (2010). He died on 10 January 2018 in Mount Sonder, West MacDonnell Ranges, Australia.

Brad Holland was born on 16 October 1943 in Fremont, Ohio, USA. He died on 27 March 2025 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.