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He originated the role of Posner in the award winning National Theatre production of The History Boys and repeated the role in the regional and international tours of the play and on Broadway where he received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play, He trained at LAMDA and has appeared at the National in His Dark Materials and in The Accrington Pals at the Chichester Festival Theatre. His television work includes The Royal, Doctors and Inpectot Linley

Tamara Marie Watson was born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. She is known for Cold Squad (1998), Odyssey 5 (2002) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995). She has been married to Decker Watson since 2011. They have one child.

Kevin Duhaney was born on 2 June 1984 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (2023), Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004) and Four Brothers (2005).

Fabian Cartwright was born on 27 February 1961 in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Henry V (1989), Coronation Street (1960) and Lost Belongings (1987). He died on 17 July 1989 in Barbados, West Indies.

Andrew Martin was born on 17 March 1975 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for 18 Wheels of Justice (2000), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Raw (1993). He died on 12 March 2009 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Kerry Duff was born in 1981 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for The Famous Jett Jackson (1998), Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) and Goosebumps (1995).

Priyanka was born on 28 May 1991 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Priyanka ft. Lemon: Come Through (2021), Priyanka: Snatch ft. Cheryl Hole (2022) and Das Race (2020).

One of the founding partners of Raven Banner, Andrew Thomas Hunt is a Producer/Director/Writer/Editor. Andrew's feature-length debut Sweet Karma premiered at the 2009 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal and was the catalyst for the formation of Raven Banner Entertainment - a worldwide sales company specializing in genre films. In 2012 Raven Banner Releasing was formed as the Canadian distribution arm for RBE, releasing such titles as Autopsy of Jane Doe, Turbo Kid, Baskin, Deathgasm, Come True, Bloodthirsty, and Gaspar Noe's Climax. In 2015 Northern Banner Releasing was formed to focus on non-genre films, such as Academy Award Nominated Embrace of the Serpent, The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Maki, How To Plan An Orgy In A Small Town, Hello Destroyer, The Painted Bird, and Bruce La Bruce's Saint Narcisse. Additionally, Andrew has produced over two dozen films including V/H/S 94, Nail in the Coffin - The Fall & Rise of Vampiro, The Breach, Stakelander, Avenged, SXSW favourite Psycho Goreman, and Slamdance Audience Award winner Shoot To Marry. In 2018 Andrew got behind the camera again as director for his sophomore feature Spare Parts which had its World Premiere at Korea's prestigious BIFAN Film Festival and its European Premiere at Sitges. Andrew's third film as director The Fight Machine, based on acclaimed author Craig Davidson's novel The Fighter, had its World Premiere at Fantasia Festival in Montreal where it won the Gold Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature.

Hazel Bainbridge was born on 25 January 1909 in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Middlemarch (1968), Great Expectations (1967) and David Copperfield (1974). She was married to John Carroll. She died on 7 January 1998 in England, UK.

Arthur Brown was born on 24 June 1944 in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Hot Fuzz (2007), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and Tommy (1975).

Born in Whitby, Ontario, May Irwin started her performing career at a young age, when she began a singing act with her younger sister Flora in 1874. The act was popular, and Irwin began working as an actress when she was 21 years old. She found success and was appearing in a Broadway show called "The Widow Jones" when Thomas A. Edison saw her and co-star John C. Rice exchanging a kiss on-stage. He hired them to do the same in one of his films, The Kiss (1896). This marked the first kiss in cinematic history. After participating in this milestone moment in film history, Irwin continued to be a popular performer and appeared in one more film, the silent feature Mrs. Black Is Back (1914).

Steven Noble was born on 20 March 1967 in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a costume designer and actor, known for The Theory of Everything (2014), The Host (2013) and A Monster Calls (2016).

Joel Kaiser was born on 11 April 1956 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Murder Blues (1991), Fall from Innocence (1988) and Street Legal (1987).

Bethany Jane 'Beth' Mead MBE (born 9 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Women's Super League club Arsenal and the England national team. A creative and prolific forward, she holds the all-time most assists and all-time second-most goal contributions records in the WSL.

Todd Christensen was born on 11 September 1990 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Broken Hearts (2010) and The Dark Chronicles (2011).

British novelist Margret Storm Jameson was born in 1897 in Whitby, Yorkshire. She came from a family of shipbuilders. She went to college at Leeds University, where she won a research scholarship to University College in London, She went to work in the publishing industry, first as a copywriter, then as a dramatic critic and editor of a weekly magazine. Three of her novels--"The Lovely Ship", "The Voyage Home" and "A Richer Dust"--are actually a trilogy about the history of a shipbuilding family, no doubt based on her own. She was a firebrand progressive, and received acclaim for her novel "In the Second Year", about a fascist takeover of Great Britain, which has been compared to Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here".

O.J. Santiago was born on 4 March 1974 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.