Biography: Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California. Her family moved to New York City when her father was cast in a role on the daytime drama Love of Life.
Biography: Justin Theroux
Justin Theroux is an accomplished film, television and stage actor who gained industry notice with his unforgettable performance as director Adam Kesher, opposite Naomi Watts and Laura Harring, in David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr.
Biography: Alan Alda
Alda has the distinction of being nominated for an Oscar®, a Tony and an Emmy, as well as publishing a best-selling book, all in the same year (2005).
Biography: Lauren Ambrose
With extensive experience in theater, television and film, Lauren Ambrose is one of the most versatile and poised actors of her generation.
Biography: John Lithgow
John Lithgow’s roots are in the theater. In 1973, he won a Tony Award three weeks after his Broadway debut, in David Storey’s The Changing Room. Since then, he has appeared on Broadway 19 more times, earning another Tony, three more Tony nominations, four Drama Desk Awards, and induction into the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Filmography: Elizabeth Olsen
Elizabeth Olsen is not only a vivacious and engaging young actress, but she is also a full time student at New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.
David Alan Grier: “I never wanted to be a comic. I wanted to be a leading man — the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman”
He is currently utilizing his more dramatic skills in the role of the drug dealer Sporting Life in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which is now on Broadway.
Elizabeth Olsen on ‘Silent House’: “Because there was not much dialogue, the only arc to create was the journey of fear”
Though she gained rave reviews in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival release Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen also starred in another film that debuted at Sundance 2011, the horror film Silent House, which is finally being released this month.
Oscar Winner James Cromwell on Academy Awards: “It isn’t a contest — we’re all in this together”
“It’s a lot of hoopla, which is not really what we do as actors and as artists. We like to do the work, and the work stands for itself, and then the industry takes over,” Cromwell opined
Interview: Kirby Bliss Blanton and Alexis Knapp talk ‘Project X’
Kirby and Alexis talk about how they got their start, auditioning for the movie and some really bad auditions!
Interview: Jason Isaacs on the Acting Challenges of ‘Awake’ and the Main Difference on UK & US Sets
Jason: “Living a life through other people’s challenges can be illuminating and invigorating”
Melissa Leo: “I have a hard time turning my back on anybody who says they have something for me”
Many actors and actresses do all that they can to keep from being typecast, but not Francine actress Melissa Leo
Q&A: Aisha Tyler Talks ‘Archer’, Stand-Up and Voice Work
Aisha: “With this show you pretty much just can’t wait to get in there and say these words”
What’s The Wish? What’s The Way? What’s In The Way?
In the pursuance of our desires, we often make what’s in the way, the way.
Study Shows How Actors Make Memorizing Lines Look Easy: Themes, Motivation and Blocking
You’ve heard all the jokes about acting — like how it’s just another word for being a waiter or waitress — but it seems like the one thing people just happen to ignore when they’re making fun of actors is memorization. After all, most of us have so much trouble
Brazilian Identity Thief Arrested for Using ID With Jack Nicholson’s Picture
Brazilian Identity Thief Arrested for Using ID With Jack Nicholson’s Picture
James Spader Leaving “The Office” After Just One Season
James Spader will clock out of The Office for the final time at the end of the hit NBC sitcom’s eighth season.
SAG-AFTRA Merger: Ed Harris and Ed Asner Urging Us To Vote “No”
Longtime SAG member Ed Harris and former SAG President Ed Asner each filmed something showing their opposition and the 3rd video has a handful of recognizable faces urging us to vote “No.”
Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Making the Movie: The Making of Movie: The Movie’ featuring George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Don Cheadle & Bryan Cranston
Here is the ‘Making the Movie: The Making of Movie: The Movie’ featuring backstage ‘interviews’ with some of the cast.
SAG-AFTRA Merger: These Actors are Voting ‘Yes’
SAG and AFTRA are trotting out the big guns to get us – the collective ‘us’ – to vote ‘Yes’ on the upcoming merger.