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Jacqueline Sophia London is an American transgender actress, LGBT activist, reporter for Out In Jersey Magazine and YouTuber from Keyport, NJ. She is a trailblazer and fought for the right to transition in the New Jersey state psychiatric hospitals for transgender patients. She has been recognized for her continued work in the trans community and in mental health advocacy. She believes visibility is key to promoting change and utilizes her online presence and acting to achieve this goal. Online she often uses the alias Princess of Keyport.

Kevin Patrick Smith was born in Red Bank but grew up in Highlands, New Jersey, the son of Grace (Schultz) and Donald E. Smith, a postal worker. He is very proud of his native state; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. Kevin is of mostly German, with some Irish and English, ancestry.

His first movie, Clerks (1994), was filmed in the convenience store in which Smith worked. He was only allowed to shoot at night after the store closed. This movie won the highest award at the Sundance film festival and was brought to theaters by Miramax. The movie went over so well that Smith was able to make another movie, Mallrats (1995). This movie, as Kevin has said, was meant to be a "smart Porkys". Although it didn't do well at all in the box office, it has done more than well on video store shelves and is usually the favorite among many Smith fans.

During filming for the movie, Smith met his new close friends and stars of his next movie, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and his new girlfriend, Joey Lauren Adams. Smith has said that his relationship with Adams has been much of an inspiration for his next movie, Chasing Amy (1997), Smith's comedy drama which won two independent Spirit awards: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Role (for Jason Lee). Around the time that Chasing Amy (1997) was wrapping, Smith broke up with Adams and, then when the Spirit awards were approaching, he met his soon-to-be wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith. After Chasing Amy (1997), Smith started on Dogma (1999), a controversial film about Christianity. Around this time, Smith's wife gave birth to their first baby girl, Harley Quinn Smith. Harley Quinn and Jennifer both have roles in Smith's next film,Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). In this road trip comedy, the cult heroes, Jay and Silent Bob, go on an adventure to stop the production of a movie being made about them, find true love, and save an orangutan.

In 2004, he wrote and directed Jersey Girl (2004), starring Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler. Although there were some disappointing reviews and the movie was a disappointment at the box office, Smith says it did alright going up against the "Bennifer Massacre" known as Gigli (2003).

In 2005, Smith wrote the screenplay for Clerks II (2006), which he planned to start shooting in January of 2005. But then he got a call from Susannah Grant, who wanted Smith to audition for her new film. Smith went into the audition and, five minutes after finishing, he got a call saying he got the part. Filming began in January 2005 so Smith had to delay the filming of Clerks II (2006). After Catch and Release (2006) finished filming, Smith shot "Clerks II" in September 2005. After cutting "Clerks II", they submitted it to the Cannes film festival. It got accepted and, at Cannes, it got an 8 minute standing ovation.

In 2006, Smith also got offered a part in the fourth "Die Hard" film, Live Free or Die Hard (2007). Smith got to film a scene with one of his idols, Bruce Willis, the scene was supposed to take one day of filming, it ended up taking a week. In 2007, Smith was also hired to direct the pilot for the show Reaper (2007), which garnered favorable reviews.

In 2007 and 2008, Smith wrote two scripts: a comedy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and a horror film called Red State (2011). Harvey Weinstein green-lighted "Zack and Miri", based just off the title, although they passed on "Red State", Smith plans to get "Red State" independently funded. Smith filmed "Zack and Miri" with comedy starSeth Rogen. The film did not meet expectations at the box office but got good reviews. It is Smith's highest grossing movie, although he says he was crushed by the disappointing box office of the film.

Smith was offered the chance to direct a film which was written by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen called Cop Out (2010). Smith accepted, it would be two firsts; the first feature Smith has directed but not written and the first feature of Smith's that Scott Mosier has not produced (Mosier is trying to find a film to direct). Smith hired Bruce Willis for the film.

Harley Quinn Smith was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, to Jennifer Schwalbach and Kevin Smith. At the age of two, Smith and her family moved to Los Angeles. Smith had intentions to become a professional bass guitarist, but later fell in love with acting.

She has been seen in several films, including in Yoga Hosers (2016), which she stars in opposite Lily-Rose Depp. Smith made her acting debut in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and had cameos in the drama film, Jersey Girl (2004), and in the comedy film, Clerks II (2006).

Natalie Schafer got her start doing Broadway plays then making the move to the big screen. Even before Gilligan's Island (1964), she was typecast in roles as society women, or elegant, fashionable ladies. It was her role as "Eunice 'Lovey' Wentworth Howell" wife of multi-millionaire Thurston Howell III, that she was best known for. After the show ended its run in 1967, Schafer did a few guest appearances on shows, most notably The Brady Bunch (1969).

Billy Van Zandt and his writing partner, the late Jane Milmore, are two of the most often produced playwrights in the world. Billy and Jane met at a high school acting competition in their home state of New Jersey. Together for 46 years, they wrote and starred in 25 plays together, including the international hit comedy "You've Got Hate Mail;" Off-Broadway's tribute to slapstick comedy "Silent Laughter;" cult favorite ""Drop Dead"; the Marx Bros. musical "A Night at the Nutcracker;" and the summer stock stock perennial "Love, Sex, and the IRS." Billy's solo play "The Property Known as Garland" starring his ex-wife Adrienne Barbeau broke box office records at Off-Broadway's Actors Playhouse. The plays have been produced in thousands of theaters worldwide, including two productions directed by Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis ("Billy and Jane are funny, outrageous, off-the chart writers/performers") and one by film legend Burt Reynolds. For television, these award-winning writers have produced over three hundred hours of television comedy, including "Newhart;" "Martin," which won them a People's Choice Award; "The Hughley's," which won them a Prism Award;" "Suddenly Susan" for Brooke Shields; "Daddy Dearest" for Don Rickles and Richard Lewis; "Anything But Love" for Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis; "The Wayans Bros."; and "I Love Lucy: The Very First Show" which won them an Emmy nomination. As an actor, Billy made his film debut in "Jaws 2"; and has co-starred with George C Scott, Tim Hutton, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Giancarlo Esposito, Evan Handler, Karl Malden, Mrs. Maisel, That Girl Lay Lay, and the crew of the USS Enterprise. Billy lives in Los Angeles, when he's not touring the world in the last Van Zandt/Milmore musical, "The Boomer Boys Musical."

Lori Rom was born on 16 August 1975 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008), He Got Game (1998) and Charmed (1998). She is married to Ronnie Steadman.

Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Peter Dobson's illustrious acting career began at the Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Lee Strasberg institute in New York City. Dobson went on to join the summer stock Royal Shakespeare Company in Monterey CA and after found his way to Los Angeles to begin studying with acting coach Sandra Seacat. Within three years of moving to Los Angeles at the age of 21, Dobson landed his first starring role after being chosen from a nation wide search in the Tri-Star Pictures musical, "Sing" from the producers of "Fame" and "Footloose" This was followed by the critically acclaimed adaptation of Hubert Selby's "Last Exit To Brooklyn" opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh and Neil Simon's "The Marrying Man" Director Robert Zemeckis cast Dobson in the title role of the short lived but highly acclaimed comedy TV series CBS's "Johnny Bago" which led to starring roles in numerous TV series and TV movies, including Michael Mann's "Miami Vice" A fan of Dobson's work, Mann then cast Dobson in the original version of "Heat" in the highly acclaimed "LA Takedown" for NBC. Other notable series include CBS's "Lenny" FOX's "Party of Five" HBO's "Tales From The Crypt" and "Norma Jean and Marilyn" .Robert Zemeckis cast Dobson again, this time to portray young Elvis Presley in the Academy Award winning film "Forrest Gump". Following that was Peter Jackson's cult classic "The Frighteners" opposite Michael J. Fox and "Drowning Mona". With his growing popularity, Dobson was then offered the title role in the USA Network series the critically acclaimed "Cover Me: The True Life of an FBI Family". After the series-run of "Cover Me" Dobson moved behind the camera. He wrote and produced the hilarious Sundance Film Festival favorite, his first film, "Choose Life" (A story about two hit men obsessed with the 80's pop group Wham!) He then went on to write and direct his second short film "White Mule" & proved he is a force behind the camera as well and was selected in numerous festivals across the country with multiple wins including best director and best short film at the Atlantic City Film Festival. This has led to his upcoming feature film in development "Asbury Park" & attaching Oscar nominated cinematographer Dean Cundey. Dobson also exec produced and co starred in the feature film "Hotel of the Damned" produced and co-starred in "Dirty Dead Con Men" and recently teamed with world renowned choreographer Travis Payne (Micheal Jackson's This is it, Janet Jackson's Scream, Coyote Ugly) to direct the cinematic the music video "King" recently accepted into The Garden State Film Festival and the Toronto International Short Film Festival.

Emily Keefe is an actor, singer, and producer. She has led 5 feature films, most recently movie musical Intermedium (2023). She has appeared in many other feature length and short films, and on TV shows like The Blacklist (2013), Crashing (2017), and Billions (2016). Her music video, Cenza: Unhinged (2022), which she created, performed in, and produced, premiered at Hollyshorts, New York Shorts International Film Festival, and 9 other film festivals, receiving 5 awards. She produces films and music videos with her partner, Jean-Luc McMurtry and their production company Vivre La Vie Productions. They recently wrapped Microfocusing (2025), a short film they co-wrote and produced, with Emily in the lead role.

Pete Capella, a NJ native, began studying acting and comedy at the age of 16 and graduated with a BA in Theatre and Film. He honed his craft studying in NYC and performing in over 3000 live shows; all while booking TV, film and voice over - most notably as the voice of Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog games for SEGA. In 2007, Pete made the cross-country trek to Los Angeles, where he has been a regular on NFL's Riggle's Picks, has various TV and Film credits and is an accomplished producer and writer, as one half of Good Boy Treat Productions. When not on stage or film, Capella can be found surfing, rock climbing, painting or obsessing over his vinyl collection.

Check him out across all social media platforms @petecapella

Josh Heald was born on 12 December 1977 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Cobra Kai (2018) and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010).

Walter Flanagan was born on 23 October 1967 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995) and Dogma (1999).

The famed composer ("One O'Clock Jump", "Two O'Clock Jump", "Jumpin' at the Woodside"), pianist, songwriter and bandleader began as an accompanist to vaudeville acts. He joined the Bennie Moten orchestra in Kansas City, later organizing his own orchestra and performing on radio. In 1936 he came to New York, appearing in hotels, night clubs, theatres and jazz festivals. He toured the US, and also, in 1954, Europe. He was elected to the Down Beat Magazine's Hall of Fame in 1958, and has made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1943, his chief musical collaborators included Mack David, Jerry Livingston, James Rushing, Andy Gibson, Eddie Durham, and Lester Young. His songs and instrumentals also include "Good Morning Blues"; "Every Tub"; "John's Idea"; "Basie Boogie"; "Blue and Sentimental"; "Gone With the Wind"; "I Ain't Mad at You"; "Futile Frustration"; "Good Bait"; "Don't You Miss Your Baby?"; "Miss Thing" "Riff Interlude"; "Panassie Stomp: "Shorty George"; "Out the Window"; "Hollywood Jump: "Nobody Knows"; "Swinging at the Daisy Chain"; and "I Left My Baby".

Joe Basile was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for West End (2013), Tropic Thunder (2008) and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997).

Michael Townsend Wright was born on 28 February 1956 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for The Rat Pack (1998), Blood Drive: The Movie (2013) and The Life and Times of Charlie Putz (1994).

Both an actor and writer, Gerrity is a proud recipient of multiple Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and LA Weekly Awards for his many stage appearances, most notably "Melody Jones: A Striptease in Two Acts" which he co-wrote with Jeremy Lawrence. He has appeared both on and off B'way and in regional theaters around the US. Two recent one-acts written by Gerrity premiered at the venerable Santa Fe Playhouse in New Mexico. He continues to work in film and television in both New Mexico and California.

David Wojnarowicz is known more for his writing, art and AIDS activism than his acting. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1954, into a terrible family setting. David's father abused him and the rest of the family, occasionally brandishing a gun and shooting the house up. By the age of 16, David had left home and relocated to NYC.

With no money or education, David turned tricks in the city in order to survive. At this point, he also began using intravenous drugs. He began to hitchhike repeatedly across the United States and travel more extensively, living for a period of several months in San Francisco, as well as several months in Paris, France, before finally settling in NYC in 1978.

While in NYC, he began gathering a series of monologues from homeless people, hookers, drug addicts, and the like. He was able to find a publisher, and these narratives can now be found in his book Sounds in the Distance (1982). He also met other artists such as Joe Coleman, Andreas Cerano, Lydia Lunch, Nick Zedd, and Richard Kern. He had a minor role in Kern's Manhattan Love Suicides (1985) as a retarded stalker. He then co-starred in You Killed Me First (1985) along with fellow artist Karen Finley. In the latter film, David acts out the role of a violent father, brandishing a gun at the family supper table.

Broke and living hand to mouth, David continued to grow and develop as an artist. Despite lingering in obscurity for some time, a favorable review in the Village Voice in the early/mid-1980's brought an unexpected windfall of cash his way. Money after that was not a problem. It was at this time that he met French-Moroccan artist Marion Scemama, who had been sent by the French magazine ICI New York to interview him during the period of his work at the Christopher Street Pier. His arrival as an artist was firmly established by the time of publication of Weight of the Earth, Parts I and II (1988), arrangements of black and white photographs documenting his travels and life in NYC.

However, a much more serious problem had overtaken David's life and influenced his art until his death. Wojnarowicz had contracted HIV, which was devastating the New York art scene (other famous casualties include Keith Haring). David's work, now mostly writing and audio journals, became increasingly turbulent, acerbic, and political, lashing out at the Reagan administration for lack of medical and research funding and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding, and defending artists' rights, particularly the right to free speech. He sued the American Family Association of Tupelo, Mississippi for the misrepresentation of his work and damage to his reputation, and won.

During this period, he suffered from the terrible side effects of drugs such as AZT. He also had to fight hard to not be evicted from his apartment during the course of his illness.

David Wojnarowicz finally succumbed to complications of the disease AIDS in 1992.

Son of Joan and Joseph V. Miele, he was raised in West Keansburg, New Jersey. He left the east to study theater at Chicago's DePaul University after expulsion from Rutger's University. Performed onstage in Chicago and NYC before moving to Los Angeles in 2007. Married to Stephanie Landwehr, with whom he has a son.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet was born on 8 April 1939 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Edward Francis, Randall King, Mark Prophet and Dag Ytreburg. She died on 15 October 2009 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.

Eric Hackler was born on 9 July 1991 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for The Funnel Web, Clutter Luck (2020) and Ripples of Water (2020).

Jonathan Gorman was born on 15 August 1976 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Mark of the Beast (2012), Exorcism of Fleete Marish (2022) and Bikini Bloodbath Christmas (2009).

David Wyndorf was born on 28 October 1956 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Soldier (1998), Dracula 2000 (2000) and The Girl Next Door (2004).

Graduated high school in Barrington, IL, soon after attending film school at Palm Beach State in Lake Worth, FL. Aaron has worked on countless TV/film/commercial work down in the South Florida area since 2009.

Living in Atlanta, GA, Aaron worked on music videos for the rock band The Kinected, in collaboration with Taylor Rabow, Alex Zapatier, and Ron Anthony. The collaboration of these men led to a highly stylized short film known as "6IX 2WENTY 5IVE" (online release 2/14/2015).

Nate Riley was born on 7 July 1987 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 9-1-1 (2018), 68 Whiskey (2020) and Feels So Good (2013).

Brion Hambel was born on 10 April 1975 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Better Watch Out (2016), Natural Selection (2011) and Scenic Route (2013).

Ricky Fosheim was born on 19 July 1984 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. Ricky is a producer and director, known for The Head Hunter (2018), Pure O (2023) and Uneasy Lies the Mind (2014).