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A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proven himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theatre, feature films, television series and even animation.

Clarence J. Brown III was born in 1959 in Urbana, Ohio, to Joyce Helen (Eldridge), a concert pianist, conductor, and composer, and Clarence J. "Bud" Brown, Jr., who helped manage the Brown Publishing Company, the family-owned newspaper started by Clancy's grandfather, Clarence J. Brown. Clancy's father and grandfather were also Republican congressmen from the same Ohio district, and Clancy spent much of his youth in close proximity to Washington, D.C. He plied his dramatic talents in the Chicago theatre scene before moving onto feature film with a sinister debut performance bullying Sean Penn inside a youth reformatory in Bad Boys (1983). He portrayed Viktor the Monster in the unusual spin on the classic Frankenstein story in The Bride (1985), before scoring one of his best roles to date as the evil Kurgan hunting fellow immortals Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery across four centuries of time in Highlander (1986).

Brown played a corrupt American soldier in the Walter Hill-directed hyper-violent action film Extreme Prejudice (1987), another deranged killer in Shoot to Kill (1988) and a brutal prison guard, who eventually somewhat "befriends" wrongfully convicted banker Tim Robbins, in the moving The Shawshank Redemption (1994). His superb vocal talents were in demand, and he contributed voices to animated series, including Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1995), Street Sharks (1994), Gargoyles (1994) and Superman: The Animated Series (1996). Brown then landed two more plum roles, one as a "tough-as-nails" drill sergeant in the science fiction thriller Starship Troopers (1997), and the other alongside Robin Williams in the Disney comedy Flubber (1997).

The video gaming industry took notice of Clancy's vocal abilities, too, and he has contributed voices to several top selling video games, including Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001), Lands of Lore III (1999), Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002) and Crash Nitro Kart (2003). His voice is also the character of cranky crustacean Mr. Eugene H. Krabs in the highly successful SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) animated series and films, and he contributed voices to The Batman (2004), Jackie Chan Adventures (2000) and Justice League (2001) animated series. A popular and friendly personality, Clancy Brown continues to remain busy both through his vocal and acting talents in Hollywood.

Breeda Wool was born in Urbana, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for UnREAL (2015), Mr. Mercedes (2017) and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024).

Jennifer Eve Garth was born on April 3rd, 1972 in Urbana, Illinois, USA to John and Carolyn Garth, who both had 3 children each from different marriages, before they had Jennie. She grew up on a 25-acre horse ranch outside Urbana, Illinois with her 6 older siblings: Johnny, Chuck, Lisa, Cammie, Wendy and Lynn. When Jennie was 13, she and her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. She took dancing lessons and did a little modeling while living in Arizona, and she dreamed of going to college and later start her own dance studio. At age 15, Jennie was discovered and encouraged to pursue an acting career by a talent scout, who had seen her win a talent competition. Therefore, she dropped out of high school during her junior year, and she and her mom moved to Los Angeles, California so she could become an actress. She later obtained her diploma in California. There, she started taking acting classes and went to auditions almost every day. After living in LA for about four months, she landed the role of 'Ericka McCray' on the NBC series A Brand New Life (1989). Within a year, she was cast as 'Kelly Taylor' on the long-running hit teen drama-series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) on FOX television. Ever since, she has starred in several movies made for TV, a number of which she has produced and directed herself. On January 20th, 2001, she married actor Peter Facinelli, the father of her first daughter, Luca Bella (born June 29th, 1997), on her ranch in Santa Barbara, California. On December 6th, 2002, Jennie and Peter welcomed their second daughter, Lola Ray and their third daughter Fiona Facinelli on September 30th, 2006. Jennie most recently starred in the WB network sitcom What I Like About You (2002) as 'Valerie Tyler' until its cancellation in 2006.

Roger Joseph Ebert was the all-time best-known, most successful movie critic in cinema history, when one thinks of his establishing a rapport with both serious cineastes and the movie-going public and reaching more movie fans via television and print than any other critic. He became the first and only movie critic to win a Pulitzer Prize (it would be 28 years before another film critic, Stephen Hunter, would win journalism's top tchotchke). His opinions likely were relied on by more movie-goers than any other critic in cinema history, making Roger Ebert the gold standard for film criticism.

Ebert was born in Urbana, Illinois, to Annabel (Stumm), a bookkeeper, and Walter Harry Ebert, an electrician. He was married to Chaz Ebert. Roger Ebert died on April 4, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois.

Ken Baumann was born on 8 August 1989 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), Spring Break '83 (2009) and Castle (2009). He has been married to Aviva Baumann since 16 June 2012.

Anne Tremko was born in Urbana, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993), The District (2000) and The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993).

Mark Roberts (born January 19, 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer, playwright, actor, and comedian, best known for creating the American sitcom Mike & Molly (2010).

Mark has began as a stand-up in Chicago, and was soon spotted by a casting director who helped him land work in commercials. Sitcom work soon followed, including a series regular gig on the Téa Leoni series "The Naked Truth (1995)", before Roberts chose to pursue writing, his true passion. His 2000 play "Couples Counseling Killed Katie", starring Roberts and Jessica Tuck, caught the eye of producer Chuck Lorre, who went on to hire him as a writer and producer on "Two and a Half Men (2003)". Roberts would then go on to create "Mike & Molly (2010)", which won an Emmy for star Melissa McCarthy. Lorre serves as an executive producer on the show.

Austin Lysy was born on 19 April 1977 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Garden State (2004), Everybody's Fine (2009) and Hitch (2005).

Virginia Sale was born on 20 May 1899 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Topper (1937), Registered Nurse (1934) and I Like It That Way (1934). She was married to Sam Wren. She died on 23 August 1992 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bill Tull was born on 3 March 1951 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is known for Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special (2003), Conan (2010) and Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). He died on 27 July 2022 in Burbank, California, USA.

Born in the USA. His father, a Jewish immigrant, was head of the Opera Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Illinois. The Zirners lived on Burlison Drive in Urbana, Illinois. Back in Europe Zirner studied at the "Max-Reinhardt-Seminar". Lives with his spouse, actress Katalin Zsigmondy, and their four children at the Chiemsee.

Jill E. Blotevogel was born on 12 August 1968 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Scream: The TV Series (2015), Moonlight (2007) and Eureka (2006).

Christopher H. Warner was born in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Halloween Ends (2022), Narcos (2015) and Five Nights at Freddy's (2023).

Kenny Chaplin was born on 25 March 1970 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is an assistant director, known for Body of Lies (2008), Spartan (2004) and End of Days (1999).

Ren Holly Liu was born in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Object of Desire (2023), In Your Light, Do We See Light (2023) and Fine China (2020).

Richard Dunn was born on 18 December 1935 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009), Love Chronicles (2003) and Parks and Recreation (2009). He died on 4 June 2010 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Jane Crowley was born on 28 November 1888 in Urbana, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for A Son of the Plains (1931) and Headin' North (1930). She died on 7 August 1970 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Patrick Norton was born on 26 June 1970 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Tekzilla (2007), The Screen Savers (1998) and Fresh Gear (1998). He has been married to Sarah since 24 July 2004.

Andrew M. Edwards is an award-winning media composer based in Southern California.

Andrew most recently completed the music for "David Again," which won Best Short Documentary at the Beloit International Film Festival, before appearing in the Tribeca Film Festival, Dances With Films, and Short Shorts, and was praised in Variety magazine. The massive, feature-length orchestral score for the noir-detective-stoner-comedy, "Somewhere Confidential," was just released, and he is presently hard at work on his second collaboration with director Wendell Etherly, "Gaia."

For the PBS documentary, "Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters," Andrew created an energetic and innovative score in collaboration with the avant-garde classical musicians of Ensemble Dal Niente. Fuelled by a Global Music Award-winning soundtrack, "'85: The Greatest Team in Football History," features President Barack Obama, Mike Ditka, Bill Murray, and an impressive roster of Chicago luminaries telling the definitive story of the Super Bowl champion "Monsters of the Midway."

Andrew's retro synth score for the horror-comedy feature film, "Camp Wedding," was awarded "Best Original Score (Silver)" at the Queen Palm International Film Festival, and a Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards. He also scored the documentary "Alex & Ali," which took home "Best Documentary" awards from several international film festivals, including Frameline San Francisco Int'l Film Festival and Reeling Chicago LGBT Film Festival.

With writer/director Jennifer Heaton, he has co-written "Scarlet Lines: A Gothic Musical" and "Kala: A Musical Faerie Tale," the latter of which is now updated and available for community and high school theatre productions. Andrew has enjoyed a long-time collaboration with author and screenwriter Richard Dinnick (Doctor Who, Lost In Space). Their first project together was the two-part audio drama, "Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles - The Wanderer," from Big Finish Productions - starring the late, great William Russell ("The Great Escape"). The original soundtrack for "Rob" - the 26-episode webcomic series from Dinnick and Legendary Comics - features an eclectic, swashbuckling mix of retro electronics and epic orchestral music.

In 2021, the Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive accepted Andrew as a Fellow, where he studied conducting and orchestration with Hollywood legends Conrad Pope and William Ross.

Born in Urbana, IL, Andrew's early cultural life was multifaceted and omnivorous; attending concerts and theatre performances with his parents, ravenously devouring TV and movies with his friends, and performing in school and church ensembles. Andrew later moved to New York City, where he enjoyed a busy career of gigging with bands and live sound mixing (including a position as in-house audio engineer at the Tribeca Film Festival). Returning to Chicago to study film scoring, Andrew became a Columbia College Chicago MFA Media Music Program professor before relocating to Southern California in 2018.

Andrew is now based in the Palm Springs area, where he lives with his stalwart husband, Andrew, and their tailless rescue cat, Estrella.

Joseph Hampton was born in Urbana, Illinois, USA. Joseph is a writer and producer, known for House of Payne (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006) and Lazaro Out Loud.

For more than twelve years, Ryan E. Heppe has been writing, producing, editing and directing feature motion pictures, film shorts, industrial and educational videos, commercials and documentaries. Ryan began his sojourn into the world of entertainment at a small PBS affiliate in east central Illinois where he spent several years creatively collaborating with the permanent staff and involving himself with everything from set design and construction to directing documentaries and live television broadcasts.

In early 1999, Ryan packed his bags and moved west to Los Angeles, California where he immediately snagged an internship with legendary movie producer David Foster (The Getaway (1972), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Short Circuit (1986)) at his production company. In only a few short months, Ryan climbed his way to the coveted position of Head of Development and became creatively involved with Foster's current productions at the time: Collateral Damage (2002) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger for Warner Bros., Hart's War (2002) starring Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell for MGM, and The Core (2003) starring Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank for Paramount. During production on The Core, Ryan pulled double-duty by not only working with David Foster, but also working with original screenwriter and co-producer Cooper Layne and co-producer Sean Bailey.

In late 2003, Ryan left David Foster Productions as an employee and began to find and develop his own material. He is currently producing a remake of the slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984); an independent werewolf film currently titled Legacy; a remake of the 80's favorite Short Circuit (1986); and numerous other projects in various stages of development.

Ryan E. Heppe, a native of Central Illinois, grew up with ambitions of becoming a motion picture director like his idols Wes Craven (The Hills Have Eyes (1977), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)) and the late Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining (1980)). After graduating from Heritage High School, he spent several years working in television production before heading to California. He resides in Los Angeles where he can often be seen screaming his head off for the L.A. Dodgers or quietly enjoying The Barber of Seville at the L.A. Opera House. Heppe is an avid bowler; enjoys a tasty bottle of wine; and spends as much time as he possibly can with his beautiful wife.

Chad Patton was born on 5 July 1976 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE Money in the Bank (2010).

Brock Hammitt was born on 20 September 1979 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. Brock is an editor, known for Loganberry Lane, Person of Interest (2011) and S.W.A.T. (2017).

Gertrude Jeannette was born on 28 November 1914 in Urbana, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Shaft (1971), Nothing But a Man (1964) and Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970). She was married to Joe Jeanette. She died on 4 April 2018 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Matt Janes was born on 27 October 1959 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), Ratchet (1996) and The Ambulance (1990). He was married to Mary A. Burkholder. He died on 25 November 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.