An accomplished actor in film, television and on the stage, Woody Harrelson has received Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Nominations as Best Actor for his critically–acclaimed portrayal of controversial magazine publisher Larry Flynt in Milos Forman's drama, The People vs. Larry Flynt. His film credits include No Country For Old Men, After The Sunset, Play It To The Bone, The Thin Red Line, Ed TV, Wag The Dog, Welcome To Sarajevo, Kingpin, Natural Born Killers, Indecent Proposal, White Men Can’t Jump, A Scanner Darkly, and A Prairie Home Companion. Harrelson recently wrapped Transsiberian for director Brad Anderson and Semi Pro with Will Ferrell and Andre Benjamin.

Harrelson first endeared himself to millions of viewers as a member of the ensemble cast of NBC’s long–running hit comedy, “Cheers.” For his work as the affable bartender Woody Boyd, he won an Emmy in 1988 and was nominated four additional times during his eight-year run on the show.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, David Cross began his
stand–up comedy career after attending Emerson College in Boston. He moved to Los Angeles where he met Bob Odenkirk and together, they created the Emmy Award Winning comedy series “Mr. Show.” Among his many television appearances, he was also featured on the hit series “Arrested Development.” Recent film projects include I’m Not There, Alvin and The Chipmunks and the upcoming The Year One. A real life Poker player, Cross came in 1st place in the “Celebrity Poker Championship” on Bravo.

Dennis Farina, one of Hollywood’s busiest actors and a familiar face to moviegoers and television viewers alike, will be seen this year in four films: Purple Violets, You Kill Me, The Grand and Bag Boy.

In recent years, Farina starred in HBO’s miniseries, “Empire Falls,” directed by Fred Schepisi, which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Mini–Series. He also starred on the NBC series “The In–Laws” and “Law and Order.”

Farina’s numerous other screen credits include Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, John Frankenheimer’s Reindeer Games, Get Shorty, Paparazzi, The Mod Squad, Martin Brest’s Midnight Run, Little Big League, Striking Distance, Another Stakeout, and Michael Mann’s films Manhunter and Thief, the latter of which was Farina’s feature film debut.

Farina is also recognized for his roles in two critically acclaimed television series: CBS and Spelling’s “Buddy Faro,” created by Mark Frost (“Twin Peaks”), and NBC’s “Crime Story,” created by long–time collaborator Michael Mann.

Cheryl Hines is a two–time Emmy nominee for her role as Cheryl David on HBO’s Golden Globe Award–winning series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the brainchild of Larry David, co–creator of “Seinfeld.” The show has been nominated for numerous Emmy Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Cheryl.

Her feature film credits include the Columbia Pictures comedy RV directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, Keeping Up with the Steins, Herbie: Fully Loaded and Bickford Schmeckler’s Cool Ideas.

As a member of The Groundlings Theater, Cheryl has spent a great deal of time writing and performing sketch and improvisational comedy. This experience made her feel very at home with the improvised dialogue format of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Earlier in her career, The Los Angeles Times wrote, “And, in her hilarious ‘One Woman Show,’ Cheryl Hines portrays a surreally untalented solo performer at her self—indulgent worst – a laugh riot for anyone who has ever suffered through the real thing.”

Successful on stage, screen and television, Richard Kind recently starred in “The Lady In Question” at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York. He has also starred in the smash hit musical “The Producers,” in New York, and in the Sondheim musical Bounce, directed by Hal Prince.

Television viewers perhaps best know Richard as “Paul Lassiter,” the irrepressible press secretary to the Mayor of New York on the ABC series “Spin City.”

He recently completed filming a recurring role on Stargate Atlantis. Richard has appeared as “Dr. Robert Farley” in the Miramax feature Spymate, and as the voice of the character “Molt,” the dim–witted grasshopper in Disney’s A Bug’s Life. Richard can also be heard in Pixar’s animated feature Cars.

In Chicago, Richard started his career with the Practical Theatre Company, founded by Julia Louis–Dreyfus, Brad Hill and Gary Kroeger. He was then hired by Second City, where he honed his comedic talents for a few years in such productions as “How Green Were My Values,” “John,” “Paul,” “Sartre and Ringo” and “True Midwest.”

Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Chris Parnell enrolled at Germantown High School where he took drama and auditioned for every play. In 1985, when he was a senior at Germantown, he was voted “Most Talented’ by his classmates. Right after graduating high school, Chris attended North Carolina School of Arts in Winston–Salem, where he received his BFA in Drama. He later performed with the Berkshire Theatre in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Afterwards Chris moved back to Tennessee and taught acting, film, and video at his own Germantown High School. He became bored, however, with teaching and moved to Los Angeles. Once in LA, he got a job at FAO Schwartz in Beverly Center, where he eventually became Operations Manager.

During that time, Chris began taking classes at The Groundlings Main Company, where many “Saturday Night Live” (1975) cast members are discovered. Fate would have it that talent scouts from “Saturday Night Live” (1975) saw him and asked him to fly to New York for an audition. Completely surprised by his chances, he took the offer. To his amazement soon after he joined “Saturday Night Live” (1975) and became a featured player in the
1998-99 season. Parnell has since performed many impressions as NBC News’ Tom Brokaw, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Tom Hanks, Senator John McCain, and Eminem. He spends most of his summers in L.A. where he owns his own car and apartment.

Versatile actor/writer/director Jason Alexander, is most widely known as George Costanza, but long before “Seinfeld,” Alexander was building a career that would include performing Tony Award–winning Broadway roles as well as appearing in major film and television projects. He began his career in New York racking up hit after hit like “Forbidden Broadway,” “The Rink,” “Stop the World,” Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound,” “Personals,” “Light Up the Sky,” Michael Stewart’s “D,” and “Accomplice,” to name a few.

He would then move to Los Angeles, where film and television have been the focus of his work. His film credits include The Burning, Mosquito Coast, White Palace, Jacob’s Ladder, Coneheads, The Paper, North, Blankman, Dunston Checks In, Love, Valor, Compassion, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Shallow Hal and Ira and Abby.

On televison, he starred on the series “Everything’s Relative,” “E.R.,” “Bob Patterson” and “Listen Up.” He has guested on “Newhart,” “Dream On,” “The Nanny,” and many more.

As Ray Barone on the CBS hit “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Ray Romano was part of one of the most respected sitcoms in television history and won numerous awards, including an Emmy for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series” in 2002. He also received 2 additional Emmy’s for “Outstanding Comedy Series” as an Executive Producer of the series in 2003 and 2005.

Ray made his big screen debut as the voice of “Manny” the wooly mammoth, in the 20th Century Fox hit, Ice Age, and subsequently starred in the follow–up hit, Ice Age: The Meltdown. He has also starred in Eulogy, Welcome To Mooseport, with Gene Hackman, Grilled with Kevin James and Burt Reynolds, and 95 Miles To Go, an autobiographical documentary of his life on tour.

His comedy album, “Live at Carnegie Hall,” was nominated for a Grammy in 2002.