ANDREW LINCOLN
Rick Grimes

Andrew Lincoln trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He rose to fame playing a trainee lawyer with his head in the clouds in the hit BBC drama “This Life.” Success followed with a string of film and TV roles including Gangster No. 1 alongside Malcolm McDowell. In 2001, Lincoln began a three-year stint in the comedy-drama “Teachers,” which he went on to direct, receiving a BAFTA nomination for his work.   In 2003, Lincoln lined up amongst an ensemble of stars in Richard Curtis’ romantic comedy, Love Actually. Throughout his varied career, Lincoln has undertaken a number of critically acclaimed theatre roles, including, most recently, philanderer Dale in Jez Butterworth’s Parlour Song. Lincoln has also recently filmed opposite Vanessa Paradis in the French film, Heartbreaker.

Character: RICK GRIMES (Andrew Lincoln)
Rick Grimes is a sheriff’s deputy in a small Georgia town. Wounded in the line of duty, he is in a coma when the zombie apocalypse occurs. Awakening alone, he sets off in search of his wife, Lori, and young son, Carl, and along the way discovers what has happened to the world. Rick is an everyman - smart, calm, just, a good friend and father - but flawed. He sees most problems as black or white and will often stubbornly cling to his personal strong moral code, which results in not always making the best decisions. He has been partners and friends with Shane for a long time and he is used to, and has perhaps taken for granted, their easy camaraderie. Rick is a natural leader, someone his fellow survivors will turn to in crisis, confident in his guidance, even when he at times doubts himself. However, his overwhelming need to do the right thing and protect those who can’t protect themselves may pull him away from his family, causing cracks of tension within his marriage and in his relationship with his son.

JON BERNTHAL
Shane Walsh

Jon Bernthal was raised in Washington, DC. He went to study at The Moscow Art Theatre School, in Moscow, Russia, where he also played in the European professional baseball federation.

While in Moscow, Bernthal was noticed by the director of Harvard University's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre and was invited to obtain his MFA there. After graduating in 2002, he performed in over 30 plays regionally and off-Broadway, including many with his own award-winning theatre company, Fovea Floods.

Bernthal starred in the ABC supernatural drama “Eastwick” and appeared in the HBO miniseries “The Pacific,” from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.  He starred as Duncan Carmello on “The Class” for CBS and has made guest appearances on “How I Met Your Mother,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Boston Legal,” and “CSI: Miami.”

He appeared in the feature film Date Night, with Steve Carell and Tina Fey, and in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, opposite Ewan McGregor.  Additional film credits include Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, The Air I Breathe, Day Zero and the role of Al Capone in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

Bernthal lives in Venice, California, with his dogs, Boss and Venice.

Character: SHANE WALSH (Jon Bernthal)
Shane is Rick’s partner in the sheriff’s department, and best friend since high school. When the apocalypse occurred, and with Rick stuck in a coma, Shane helped save Lori and Carl by getting them out of their small town and heading for Atlanta. He was the last to see Rick in the hospital and is tortured by his responsibility in leaving him there, but also knows he never would have been able to save Lori and Carl if he hadn’t left Rick. He made an impossible decision that he’ll never be able to fully justify, to himself or to Lori. Among the group of survivors, Shane has become the de facto leader, a position he enjoys. He always lived in Rick’s shadow and while he never consciously resented it, he’s relishing his newfound position of authority. However, when Shane’s leadership within the group is challenged, it pushes him over the edge, and he begins losing his temper and his control with increasing regularity, making him reckless, erratic and dangerous to everyone around him.

SARAH WAYNE CALLIES
Lori Grimes

Throughout her career, Sarah Wayne Callies has moved between television, film and theatre with ease, quickly establishing herself as a talent to watch.

Callies is best known for her role as Dr. Sarah Tancredi in the dramatic action-packed FOX series “Prison Break.” A worldwide success, “Prison Break” received the 2006 People’s Choice® Award for Favorite New Television Drama and was nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe® Award for Best Dramatic Television Series. Her extensive television credits include the role of Jane in the WB series “Tarzan,” from director David Nutter and executive producer Laura Ziskin; a recurring role on CBS’ “Queens Supreme,” starring Oliver Platt and produced by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas; as well as guest-starring appearances on “Law & Order: SUV,” “Numb3rs” and “LA Dragnet.” Last fall, Callies co-produced and starred in the CBC pilot “Tangled” directed by Bronwyn Hughes. Callies plays a former spy trying to balance civilian life with a past life that refuses to leave her alone.

Callies recently completed work opposite Milla Jovovich in the feature thriller Faces in the Crowd, about a woman with face-blindness trying to stop a serial killer. Previous to this she starred opposite Rupert Friend and Forrest Whitaker in Lullaby for Pi, for which she also wrote and performed a song for the soundtrack. Callies also starred as the female lead in the feature adaptation of James Redfield’s international best-selling novel, The Celestine Prophecy. Her additional credits include starring opposite Josh Holloway and Dule Hill in Stewart Hendler’s thriller Whisper.

Callies earned an MFA in classical acting from the National Theatre Conservatory and appeared in several main-stage productions with the Denver Center Theatre Company. Her undergraduate work includes a BA in Drama from Dartmouth College, with a minor in Women’s Studies and a Senior Fellowship in Indigenous Theology.

Character: LORI GRIMES (Sarah Wayne Callies)
Believing her husband Rick to be dead, Lori, along with her son Carl, goes with Shane towards Atlanta, counting on him to keep her and her son safe. Extremely compassionate and empathetic, Lori is the emotional center of the group of survivors. With their entire world in chaos, Lori will cling to her humanity and fight to maintain their decency and rituals, offering comfort to everyone as they face their individual tragedies. First and foremost, she is a fiercely protective mother, desperate to keep her son safe and extremely wary of anyone she doesn’t trust getting too close to him.

LAURIE HOLDEN
Andrea

"The Walking Dead" marks Holden’s third collaboration with Director/Executive Producer Frank Darabont, having worked with him previously when he cast her as the female lead opposite Jim Carrey in The Majestic and opposite Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden in Stephen King’s The Mist.

Holden got her first break as Rock Hudson’s daughter in Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, directed by her stepfather, veteran film director Michael Anderson. Upon graduating from UCLA, Holden was accepted as part of the National Honor Society and received the Natalie Wood Award for Best Actress. She went on to study the classics at The Webber Douglas Academy of Art and honed her craft under the tutelage of Larry Moss at The Larry Moss Acting Studio.

She has worked steadily in original films for HBO and Showtime and co-starred with Vanessa Redgrave in the TNT miniseries "Young Catherine." Holden starred as the only female lead opposite Michael Biehn in the remake of the MGM classic "The Magnificent Seven" for CBS. Her episodic work on television is vast and includes a comedic turn in the critically acclaimed "Due South" for which she was nominated for a Canadian Gemini Award. Her memorable feature film roles include such hits as Fantastic Four (where she played Michael Chiklis’ love interest) and the cult hero Cybil Bennet in Christophe Gans’ artistic-horror video game adaptation of Silent Hill. She gained notoriety playing the role of Marita Covarrubias, the U.N. informant to Fox Mulder, on the long running hit "The X Files" and for her portrayal of Agent Olivia Murray in FX’s critically acclaimed show "The Shield." Named as one of the top 100 Most Creative People in Hollywood in Entertainment Weekly’s It List and One of Ten Actors to Watch by Variety, Holden is actively producing film, theatre and television projects in addition to her acting pursuits.

Character: ANDREA (Laurie Holden)
A successful civil rights attorney living in Florida, Andrea was on a road trip with her younger sister Amy, headed back to Amy’s college when the zombie apocalypse occurred. They were stranded in Atlanta when they were rescued by Dale, and they’ve been living with him and the rest of our survivors at the camp ever since. Andrea is intelligent, cautious and extremely protective of her younger sister, with whom she has not always had the closest relationship. Never one to shy away from a challenge or a fight, Andrea is headstrong, opinionated and first and foremost interested in keeping Amy safe. They don’t know what has become of their parents but Andrea has no real expectation of them being alive and will endeavor to stand strong as the only family Amy has left.

JEFFREY DEMUNN
Dale

Jeffrey DeMunn has enjoyed a career that encompasses theatre, film and television. He is known as a favorite of writer/producer/director Frank Darabont who has cast him in The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Majestic and The Mist, among others including the 1988 re-make of The Blob.

Other film credits include Burn After Reading, Shelter, Caymen Went, Hollywoodland, The X-Files Movie, Phenomenon and Blaze as well as earlier appearances in Resurrection and Frances.

His television work has honored him with an Emmy® nomination and a Cable Ace Award for his role as Andrei Chikatilo in “Citizen X.” In addition to his recurring role on “Law & Order” and numerous guest starring roles on episodic series, he has starred or been featured in “Empire Falls,” “Our Town,” “Noriega,” “Hiroshima,” “Storm of the Century,” “A Christmas Memory” and “Barbarians at the Gate.”

He was nominated for a Tony® for his performance in K-2 on Broadway. Other Broadway credits are Our Town, The Price, Bent, Spoils Of War and Sleight Of Hand. Recently he was seen as Willy Loman in Death Of A Salesman at the Dallas Theatre Center. His off-Broadway and regional appearances include Stuff Happens, Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Prayer For My Daughter (Drama Desk Nomination) all with the Public Theatre. In addition, both regionally and off-Broadway, he has been seen in King Lear, Geometry of Fire, A Picasso, Gunshy, The Hands Of Its Enemy, Country Girl and Modigliani.

DeMunn was born and raised in Buffalo, NY, graduated from Union College and trained at the Bristol Old Vic in England. Upon returning to the U.S. he toured the country with the National Shakespeare Company and spent several summer seasons at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center helping to develop new plays.

Character: DALE (Jeffrey DeMunn)
Dale had planned to spend his retirement traveling the country with his beloved wife Irma in their RV, but she passed away from cancer before their dream came to pass. Traveling on his own, he comes across Andrea and Amy when the apocalypse occurs and takes them in. His age, calm experience, and RV provide the nucleus around which the small community of survivors has formed. He is wise, sometimes profound and is the respected elder of the group, though is also rather feisty, not afraid to speak his mind and call others out for mistakes in judgment. Over time he, Andrea and Amy form their own little family unit and he finds spending time with them has helped bring him back to life in a way he never anticipated. Dale is a fairly self-sufficient man, and ever watchful of the changing dynamics among the survivor community.

STEVEN YEUN
Glenn

Steven Yeun was most recently seen in a co-starring role on an episode of the popular television series “The Big Bang Theory.” Prior to this, Yeun lived in Chicago where he performed with the famed Second City Theatre in various shows with their Touring Company as well as their NCL Boat Company. Other Chicago theatre credits include understudying the Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of Kafka on the Shore, understudying the roles of Kafka and Crow. In addition, he was part of several improvisational/sketch comedy groups including Stir Friday Night, Hands and Detective Detective. His additional credits include the role of Chaz in the independent film My Name is Jerry, as well as commercials for Best Buy, Apple and Milky Way.

Born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in the city of Troy, MI, Yeun began his foray into acting while studying psychology at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI. After seeing a performance of the school’s improv group, he decided to switch his focus to acting, and following graduation moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre, eventually having the opportunity to work with Second City. After accomplishing his goals in Chicago he moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.

Character: GLENN (Steven Yeun)
Glenn meets Rick during one of his frequent forays into Atlanta to scavenge much-needed supplies to sustain the camp. He is keenly aware of the extreme danger of these missions, but because of his youth is willing to take the risk. He used to deliver pizzas for a living and his knowledge of every shortcut in town proves extremely useful to the groups scavenging needs. Young and resourceful, Glenn thinks on his feet and shows great compassion and humanity by taking the time and risk to help save Rick, a total stranger’s, life. Despite all the horrors he’s seen, he maintains a youthful enthusiasm for life and its unexpected pleasures. Glenn is an integral part of the camp, showing surprising depth and emotion when the group experiences devastating tragedy.

EMMA BELL
Amy

Born and raised in New Jersey, Emma Bell moved to New York City at the age of 16 to pursue her acting dreams. She attended a Performing Arts high school on the upper east side of Manhattan. After several “Law & Order” episodes, independent films and commercials, she finally landed the CW series, “Bedford Diaries” for producer Tom Fontana.

But it was her memorable turn as a German Holocaust prisoner in Boaz Yakin’s 2008 Death in Love along side Jacqueline Bisset, Josh Lucas, Lukas Haas and Adam Brody that brought the critical acclaim. Death In Love, the story of a Jewish woman’s holocaust past that shaped her life and subsequently the lives of her sons, premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Bell was later cast in Elektra Luxxe directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, alongside Joseph Gordan-Levitt, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino and Timothy Olyphant and appeared in roles on “Ghost Whisperer” and “Supernatural.”

In the winter of 2009, Bell starred in Frozen, written and directed by Adam Green, shot in the wintry tundra of Utah. The film, about three skiers who get stuck on a ski-lift in the middle of a snowstorm, also starred Shawn Ashmore and Kevin Zegers. Frozen had its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Character: AMY (Emma Bell)
Amy and her older sister Andrea have made their home in Dale’s RV at the camp. She is twelve years younger than Andrea and that has caused no small amount of tension between the sisters. Amy is resentful of Andrea leaving her behind at home and not coming back often enough to visit and be a part of her life. The experience of the apocalypse has strengthened their bond enormously, though Amy is still often frustrated by Andrea correcting her, judging her and generally telling her what to do. On the other hand, Amy worships her older sister, wanting to be just like her. Still young, Amy is impetuous and eternally optimistic. She helps look out for the kids in the camp, is quick to defend other’s actions when she sees them as being protective and generally tries to keep the peace among her fellow survivors.

CHANDLER RIGGS Carl Grimes

Ten-year-old Chandler Riggs made his professional stage debut at the age of eight with Theater of the Stars at Atlanta's Fox Theater in The Wizard of Oz followed by Oklahoma. After several commercial credits, he appeared in the Lifetime Movie “The Wronged Man” and had his feature film debut in the upcoming Sony Pictures Classics film Get Low.  A native of Atlanta, GA, Chandler enjoys video games and tap dancing.

Character: CARL GRIMES (Chandler Riggs)
Carl flees his small town with his mom, Lori, and Shane. He is a kind boy - inquisitive and intelligent - but quiet, struggling in this new world and still trying to come to terms with the fact that he may never see his father again. He has bonded a great deal with Shane, his dad’s best friend, who always takes time to talk with him, teach him things, and make him feel like he still has a father figure. Carl worships his father and believes, as only a child can, that Rick is indestructible and that blind faith in his father helps provide comfort to Lori, who isn’t as confident that Rick will return to them. Carl’s closest friend is Sophia, Carol’s daughter, as well as the Morales children, all of whom he regularly plays with, helping to keep him in a child’s world as much as possible. However, he is frequently confronted with the realities of his harsh new world when he witnesses shocking violence and has to say goodbye to even more people he cares about.

MICHAEL ROOKER
Merle Dixon

Michael Rooker is known for his long list of diverse and distinguished credits, such as James Gunn’s Slither, Oliver Stone's JFK, Renny Harlin's Cliffhanger, Anjelica Huston's Bastard Out of Carolina, and Tony Scott's Days of Thunder; only a few of the many respected projects of which Rooker has been a part. Rooker received high praise for his striking performance in the critically acclaimed Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Born in Jasper, AL, Rooker moved with his family to Chicago in the mid-1960s. He earned his B.F.A. from the Goodman School of Drama at De Paul University in Chicago. After graduating in 1982, he quickly began to make a name for himself in the Chicago theatrical community. More recently, Rooker directed the stage play Down and Out at Theatre 68 in Hollywood. He can be seen in the film Jumper as well as Bolden!, Louis, Cell 213, Hypothermia and James Gunn’s upcoming film, Super. He is also preparing to direct a new feature, Pennhurst in the near future.

NORMAN REEDUS
Daryl Dixon

Norman Reedus is best known for his starring role as Murphy MacManus opposite Sean Patrick Flannery and Willem Dafoe in the cult hit The Boondock Saints, written and directed by Troy Duffy. He starred opposite Flannery again in the sequel, Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day, which was released on All Saints Day (September 1) of 2009.

Reedus can next be seen in the Robert Redford directed feature, The Conspirator, which, in the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, chronicles the dramatic events surrounding the arrest and subsequent trial of seven men and one woman charged with conspiring to kill the President. The film, which is slated for release in late 2010, also stars Robin Wright Penn and James McAvoy. Reedus was last seen in the sci-fi thriller Pandorum with Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster, as well as the Sony feature Cadillac Records opposite Adrian Brody. Previous feature credits include Six Ways to Sunday, 8MM, Beat, Deuces Wild, Blade 2, Gossip, The Ballad of Bettie Page and American Gangster.

Reedus is also an accomplished photographer as well as a burgeoning director having directed three short films, and is currently attached to direct the feature I Was A White Slave In Harlem, which is in active development.

Reedus lives in New York.

Character: Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus)
An ex-con, Daryl is a racist, argumentative redneck who idolizes his older brother, Merle. He has a vicious temper and no interest in keeping anyone besides himself and his brother safe. But Daryl is adept with his crossbow, a useful tool for quietly and efficiently killing zombies. He has also been shooting rifles since he was a toddler and never goes anywhere without a knife. Daryl is indispensable to the groups’ survival. He battles with Rick regularly, unable to understand Rick’s need to help total strangers, when Daryl’s life philosophy is every man for himself. However, when any member of the group is attacked, Daryl doesn’t hesitate to leap into the battle.

LENNIE JAMES
Morgan Jones

Lennie James was born in Nottingham, but spent almost all of his formative years growing up in South London. He attended Ernest Bevin School where he prepared for a career in sports therapy and playing rugby. His head was turned toward acting however, after he followed a girlfriend into an audition and was asked to take part by the director. He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, leaving early to start his first professional job at The Derby Playhouse Theatre.

James is an award-winning theatre actor and has worked in almost all the major theatres in England, including The National, The Royal Court, The Young Vic and Shakespeare’s Globe. He has also appeared on Broadway in Two Gentlemen of Verona along side Mark Rylance.

James has been a star of British Television since the early 1990s, starring is such series as “Orchard House,” “Comics,” “Out of the Blue,” “MI-5,” “Cold Feet,” “Buried,” and “The State Within.” James came to the United States in 2006 to star opposite Skeet Ulrich in the much loved and history making CBS Series “Jericho.” Other recent television projects include “Hung,” “Human Target” and “The Prisoner.”

On the big screen, James is probably best known for his role of Sol in the Guy Ritchie film Snatch opposite Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro and Jason Statham. He can also be seen in a number of other films including Sahara, Lucky Break, Among Giants and Les Miserables, opposite Geoffrey Rush, Liam Neeson and Claire Danes, as well as Michael Winterbottom’s 24 Hour Party People.

James’ first film writing credit was for Storm Damage, which screened on the BBC in 2000. It garnered much critical acclaim and won a Royal Television Society Award, a Riems Internationales Award and a BAFTA Award nomination in 2001. This led James toward a burgeoning career as a writer for stage, screen and a frequent columnist for a number of Britain’s major newspapers.

James is married with three teenage daughters and it is here that he fulfills his most important roles as father, ATM and taxi driver to his girls. He is also a dedicated supporter of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and will one day learn to play the saxophone that he bought with his first week’s wages as a professional actor that lies under his bed. James splits his time between London and Los Angeles.

ANDREW ROTHENBERG
Jim

Andrew Rothenberg, a Los Angeles native, graduated from the Los Angeles Theater Academy at LACC and spent the better part of his career in Chicago working with some of the best theaters, actors and directors anywhere. While in Chicago he worked on productions with Steppenwolf, The Goodman Theater and Chicago Shakespeare, but his heart lies in the amazing work being done in the smaller storefront theaters for which Chicago is famous: A Red Orchid, Mary Arrchie, Tuta and countless others. Since coming back to Los Angeles he has worked on such shows as “True Blood,” “Weeds,” “Dark Blue,” “Castle,” “Lie To Me,” “CSI,” “Medium,” “Monk,” “NCIS,” and “Criminal Minds.” His film credits include Stranger Than Fiction, Save the Last Dance, Poker House and Payback.

JUAN PAREJA
Morales

During his studies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Juan Pareja distinguished himself early on in the Atlantic Theater Company’s Acting School studio (founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy). By the end of his third year, he was honored as a graduating junior by the studio with its top accolade, awarded to their single most outstanding male and female actors for the graduating class. Within a year from graduating, and back home in Texas, Pareja made his film debut in Dave Semel’s action-comedy, Lone Star State of Mind, appearing alongside Joshua Jackson. Over the following few years Pareja caught the attention of and collaborated with other notable directors such as Oliver Stone, Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Rodriguez on their respective projects; the latest of which is Rodriguez’s Machete. Pareja also starred in the supporting role of Chucho in the Latino-themed boxing flick From Mexico with Love with Kuno Becker and Bruce McGill, which had a run in theaters in October of 2009.

In 2007, Pareja had the opportunity to work with director Frank Darabont for the first time, along with his all-star ensemble cast in the horror film Stephen King’s The Mist, playing a young soldier by the name of Morales. Years later, as a result of that collaboration, Darabont brought Pareja aboard to join “The Walking Dead.”

ROBERT ‘IronE’ SINGLETON
T-Dog

Best known to audiences as the menacing thug Alton in the 2010 Academy® Award-nominated film The Blind Side, IronE Singleton’s ability to play strong, multidimensional characters has made him a memorable actor in both film and television.

Singleton most recently appeared on the big screen alongside Bow Wow and Ice Cube in Lottery Ticket. In early 2011, he will be seen alongside Nicolas Cage, Guy Pearce and January Jones in the feature film The Hungry Rabbit Jumps. Fall and winter 2010 will see Singleton’s talent on display in several television pilots, including ABC’s “Detroit 1-8-7,” VH1’s “Single Ladies,” and TNT’s “Franklin & Bash.” Among his other television credits are CW’s “One Tree Hill” and BET’s “Somebodies.”

Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Singleton’s story embodies everything we have come to understand about the lives of many inner city youth growing up in low-income housing projects. Having lost his mother to HIV/AIDS when he was a senior in high school, and watching his brother spend most of his life in Georgia’s prison system, IronE fought to have a life far different from the one he knew growing up. The “irony” of his story is that, while all the odds were stacked against him, IronE Singleton still overcame his troubled childhood to attend the University of Georgia on academic and football scholarships, where he completed a double major in Theater and Speech Communications.

Prior to breaking into film and television, Singleton put on a one-man theater show entitled IronE . . . The Resurrected, which garnered rave reviews. In his spare time, Singleton is a Youth Motivational Speaker and youth sports referee.

Singleton divides his time between Atlanta and Los Angeles with his wife and children.

Character: T-Dog (Robert ‘IronE’ Singleton)
Although T-Dog appears young and brash, almost reckless, beneath the surface is a deeply honorable man who would never run from his responsibilities. Proud of who he is, T-Dog will stand up for himself and take on anyone who isn’t above fighting dirty, rather than shrinking back. He is devoted to his fellow survivors and always among the first to jump in and help the rest of the group. More even tempered then not, T-Dog puts on a brave face even when terrified. When a mistake he makes results in a man being left behind under extremely precarious circumstances, T- Dog will not stop until he’s done everything in his power to help bring him back to safety – despite knowing the man would do nothing to help T-Dog if the situation were reversed.

JERYL PRESCOTT SALES
Jacqui

Jeryl Prescott Sales grew up in the small town of Hartsville, SC. She lived all over the southeast while completing her BS at Clemson University, an MA at NC A&T State University, and a PhD in American Literature at the University of South Florida. Her love of teaching and theater has provided a strong and diverse foundation for her acting career, including opportunities to work with Maya Angelou and Larry Leon Hamlin, founder of the International Black Theater Festival. In Los Angeles, she has studied with Harry Lennix and Ben Guillory – both known for their excellence on stage and screen – and with the Emmy® Award-winning director Mary Lou Belli, in addition to completing the intensive programs at the Sanford Meisner Center and Black Nexxus Acting Studio.

Along with her work on stage in North Carolina and in New York, Sales’ credits include the network television series “Criminal Minds” (CBS), “One Tree Hill” (CW), “Hawthorne” (TNT), “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC), “Surface” (NBC) and feature films such as The Skeleton Key, starring Kate Hudson and Gena Rowlands, as well as independent features including The Life I Meant to Live and Mr. Bones. In 2011, Sales will star in a supporting role in Dan Pritzker’s independent Bolden!, a narrative feature starring Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Oscar® nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), produced by Wynton Marsalis.
Sales is also a published writer of poetry and critical essays, an avid tennis player and an enthusiastic cook for her husband, two sons and close friends.

MELISSA McBRIDE
Carol

Melissa McBride is perhaps best known for her brief, yet compelling performance as the ‘woman with kids at home’ in Frank Darabont’s The Mist. Her other film credits include Lost Crossing and The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys. For television, McBride has appeared in “Dawson’s Creek,” “Walker Texas Ranger,” “Profiler” and “American Gothic,” as well as the made-for-television movies “Living Proof” and “Pirates of Silicon Valley.”

In addition to appearing on camera, McBride particularly enjoys doing character voiceover work. She was the voice-double for Anne Bancroft in the 2008 animated feature Delgo. McBride said that mimicking the voice of the great actress, who approved her work, was an honor and perhaps her most challenging role to date.

Melissa McBride is based in Atlanta, where she also works as a casting director for independent film projects and television commercials.

Character: Carol (Melissa McBride)
Quiet and fragile, Carol suffers the abuse of her erratic and violent husband, Ed. She has spent most of her life keeping to herself, embarrassed by the abuse and not wanting to do anything that might incite Ed’s rage. But in the survivor camp, living in close quarters with new people, Carol begins to emerge ever so slightly from her shell, bonding with some of the women in the camp. Despite the years of abuse she has endured, there is a steel strength in Carol. She is devoted to protecting her daughter, Sophia, and her new friends - from Ed or from the walkers.

MADISON LINTZ
Sophia

Madison Lintz is excited to make her television debut in “The Walking Dead.”  She began acting at the age of six and has appeared in numerous commercials, industrial videos and radio spots.  Lintz comes from a family of performers, as both her older sister and two younger brothers have established resumes.  Her mother's list of credits ironically includes working with Frank Darabont in The Mist.

Character: SOPHIA (Madison Lintz)
The daughter of Carol and Ed, Sophia is quiet and withdrawn, having seen a lot of violence in her young life, much of it long before ever laying eyes on a zombie. Living at the camp has provided her with some much needed friendship with Carl and the Morales children, Eliza and Hector. More fragile than her mother, having not yet developed Carol’s inner strength, Sophia begins to crumple under the strain of the increasing violence and the continual goodbyes to people she has grown to care about. Still, she takes solace in her friendship with Carl, her only true confidante.

FRANK DARABONT
Executive Producer/Writer/Director

Three-time Oscar® nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High School. His first job in movies was as a production assistant on the 1981 low-budget film, Hell Night, starring Linda Blair. He spent the next six years working in the art department as a set dresser and in set construction while struggling to establish himself as a writer. His first produced writing credit (shared) was on the 1987 film, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, directed by Chuck Russell.

Darabont is one of only six filmmakers in history with the unique distinction of having his first two feature films receive nominations for the Best Picture Academy® Award: 1994’s The Shawshank Redemption (with a total of seven nominations) and 1999’s The Green Mile (four nominations).

Darabont himself collected Oscar® nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for each film (both based on works by Stephen King), as well as nominations for both films from the Directors Guild of America, and a nomination from the Writers Guild of America for The Shawshank Redemption. He won the Humanitas Prize, the PEN Center USA West Award and the Scriptor Award for his screenplay of The Shawshank Redemption. For The Green Mile, he won the Broadcast Film Critics prize for his screenplay adaptation, and two People's Choice Awards in the Best Dramatic Film and Best Picture categories.

His third feature as director, The Majestic, starring Jim Carrey, was released in December 2001. In 2004, Darabont executive produced the thriller Collateral for DreamWorks, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Michael Mann. 

Darabont’s most recent directorial effort, Stephen King’s The Mist, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Thomas Jane, was released by Dimension Films in November 2007.

GALE ANNE HURD
Executive Producer

Gale Anne Hurd is one of the most respected producers in the entertainment industry. She has produced more than two dozen feature films, television projects and documentaries, which have launched the careers of some of the industry's most iconic directors and actors. As the chairman of her own development and production company, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Hurd's recent feature credit include the summer blockbuster, The Incredible Hulk, for Marvel Studios and Universal Pictures, and The Punisher: War Zone, for Lionsgate and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Hurd served as the executive producer of Lifetime Movie Network's “The Wronged Man,” the powerful true story of a paralegal who spent twenty years fighting the justice system to free an innocent man sentenced to life in prison. The film starred Julia Ormond and premiered in January 2010 to terrific ratings and critical acclaim. Previously, Hurd produced HBO's “Cast A Deadly Spell,” starring Julianne Moore in her first starring role and directed by Martin Campbell, and “Witchhunt,” starring the late Dennis Hopper and directed by Paul Schrader.

Her other film credits include the classic science fiction blockbusters The Terminator and Terminator 2, which launched the careers of James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Armageddon, Aliens, Alien Nation, Ang Lee's The Hulk, Tremors, The Abyss and Dante's Peak. Hurd's dramatic films include the Spirit Award and Sundance Audience Award-winner, The Waterdance, and Safe Passage, starring Susan Sarandon and Sam Shepard.

Hurd's upcoming films include Brian De Palma's The Boston Stranglers and the documentary, Choctaw Code Talkers, written and directed by Valerie Red-Horse.

Her first comic book, The Scourge, written by Scott Lobdell for Aspen Comics, debuts this summer.

Hurd is active in the entertainment and environmental communities. She serves as a board member for the Producers Guild of America, chairing its Produced By Conference (which has showcased James Cameron, Ted Turner and Clint Eastwood as speakers), as well as on the Executive Board of the Producers branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where she chairs the Film Festival Grants Committee and is a former chair of the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Committee. She serves on the Advisory Boards of Heal The Bay, Reef Check, Global Green and First Star, and was recently on the Boards of The Ocean Conservancy and the Waterkeepers Alliance.

She has been honored by former President Mikhail Gorbachev with the Entertainment Industry Environmental Leadership Award and received the Producers Guild's Charles Fitzsimmons Award for her service to the Guild as well as the Crystal Award from Women in Film.

ROBERT KIRKMAN
Executive Producer/Writer

Robert Kirkman is a New York Times bestselling author known for being the cultural zeitgeist of the comic book industry.  He maintains one prerogative in every undertaking: quality. It is Kirkman's belief that good people who produce good writing and good ideas make comics
people love.   Following the grassroots success of the self-published Battle Pope (2000), Kirkman caught the eye of Image Comics founding partner Erik Larsen. After several short-term projects (SuperPatriot and TechJacket), he achieved superstar status in 2003 with Invincible and The Walking Dead. During an exclusive stint at Marvel Comics, he amazed fans with the haunting and hilarious Marvel Zombies. MTV translated Invincible into a motion comic – one of the first in a growing trend. Kirkman was recently made partner at Image Comics, and continues to revive the industry with refreshing new characters.  His books are among the most popular on the iPhone and iPad's "Comics" app.
DAVID ALPERT
Executive Producer

David Alpert is a partner in Circle of Confusion LLC, a film and television management and production company with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Circle represents writers, directors, comic book creators and video game companies. In his role as a manager, Alpert oversees and advises the careers of many established and developing clients including screenwriters Gary Whitta (The Book Of Eli), Matthew Sand (Ninja Assassin), and John Pogue (The Fast & The Furious, U.S. Marshals) and comic creator Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible).

On the production side, Alpert is shepherding several projects such as the big-budget Existence 2.0 with Al Gough and Miles Millar adapting; an untitled Diamond Heist Project at Paramount, based on a Wired Magazine article by client Joshua Davis, which he is co-producing with J.J. Abrams; and the indie-minded thriller Undying at Media 8 with Kurt Russell starring and Jon Amiel directing.

David is an honors graduate of Harvard University and New York University Law School. He grew up in NY where his entrepreneurial spirit led to several successful ventures and ultimately to his relocation to Los Angeles and his partnership with Lawrence Mattis and David Engel in Circle of Confusion.

TOM LUSE
Line Producer

Tom Luse has had an extensive career in producing and production management, dating back more than two decades and spanning four continents. Beginning with the Academy® Award-winning film Glory, he has gone on to work on such features as Drumline, Remember The Titans, Jeepers Creepers I & II, The Joneses and Hachiko.

Luse’s career has also afforded him the opportunity to produce highly acclaimed television series such as “Past Life” and “Everwood,” and many made-for-television movies including the Emmy® nominated “What The Deaf Man Saw” and “Paris Trout.”

DENISE HUTH
Producer

Denise Huth is currently vice president of production at Frank Darabont’s Darkwoods Productions where she co-produced Darabont’s film Stephen King’s The Mist. She began her career at Scott Free Productions, the film and television company of Ridley and Tony Scott where she worked on such films as White Squall, G.I. Jane and Clay Pigeons. Huth then shifted gears into physical production and served on location as financial liaison and accountant for the production of Where The Money Is, starring Paul Newman. 

In 1999, Huth joined Darkwoods Productions, where she worked closely with Darabont on the post production, marketing and release of The Green Mile. She has subsequently worked on The Majestic, the NBC pilot “Raines,” and the Special Edition DVD releases of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

Huth hails from Denver, CO and earned her B.A. at Pepperdine University.
ADAM FIERRO
Consulting Producer/Writer

Adam Fierro was a consulting producer on the series “Hawthorne” and “Dexter,” a co-executive producer on “24,” and a co-producer on “Resurrection Blvd.” Additionally, he served in a number of capacities on the long-running series “The Shield,” including executive producer, co-executive producer, supervising producer, producer and co-producer.

GLEN MAZZARA
Writer
Glen Mazzara is currently a consulting producer for “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.” He was most recently showrunner/executive producer of TNT's medical drama, “Hawthorne.” A former hospital administrator, Mazzara was previously a member of the core writing staff of Golden Globe®-winning “The Shield,” FX's groundbreaking cable police drama.  He has also written for “Life” and “Nash Bridges.”  In 2008, he served as creator, executive producer, and showrunner of “Crash,” the first scripted drama on the pay-cable network STARZ. “Crash” was based on the 2005 Academy Award® winner for Best Picture.  Mazzara is currently developing new television projects and writing Hancock 2.  He recently wrote the feature film Hater for Universal Pictures, Gran Via Productions and producer Guillermo Del Toro.  He has also written the unproduced feature film Quiet Soldier for Andell Entertainment and developed pilots for 20th Century Fox Television. 

CHIC EGLEE
Executive Producer/Writer

Chic Eglee’s writing and producing credits include St. Elsewhere, "Moonlighting" and "L.A. Law." In 1993, he co-created and executive produced "The Byrds of Paradise." It its second season, Eglee joined "NYPD Blue" as writer and co-executive producer. In 1995, he co-created "Murder One" with Steven Bochco and Channing Gibson, and was the show’s executive producer. He then co-created "Dark Angel" with James Cameron. Eglee served as a writer and eventually executive producer on "The Shield" for five seasons. Most recently, he was an executive producer on "Dexter."

JACK LoGIUDICE
Co-Executive Producer/Writer

Jack LoGiudice’s credits include co-executive producer (2009) and consulting producer (2008) on “Sons of Anarchy,” consulting producer on “Street Time,” and co-executive producer on “Resurrection Blvd.” Additionally, he served in various writing/producing capacities on the pilots for “Lulu & Leon,” “Bluefish,” “Pearl Street,” “Welcome to Youngstown” and “Cain.”

DAVID TATTERSALL
Director of Photography (Pilot)

David Tattersall was born and raised in the beautiful Lake District of northern England. He later attended Goldsmith’s University of London where he graduated with a first class (Honors) Fine Arts Degree. He then studied at Britain’s National Film and Television School where he specialized in camera and lighting.

Tattersall’s student films were highly regarded and included King’s Christmas, nominated for Best BAFTA Short in 1987; Caprice, which was selected for the Edinburgh and Milan film festivals; and Metropolis Apocalypse, which was shown at Cannes in 1988.

Tattersall is adept at switching between film and the very latest in digital photography, be they large budget, big scale, effects laden, action packed adrenalin rides or when utilizing his other gift for delivering the fine art touch to the smaller films. He enjoys employing both talents together in movies such as: Radioland Murders, Con Air, The Majestic, The Green Mile, The Vertical Limit, Die Another Day, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Star Wars: Episodes I, II, III, XXX2, Next, Matador, The Hunting Party, Speedracer, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Tooth Fairy, and most recently, Gulliver’s Travels due out in December of 2010.

Tattersall’s television credits include “Yellowthread Street” and “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,” for which he won an Emmy® Award and A.S.C. nominations for Best Cinematography.

DAVID BOYD
Director of Photography (Episode 102-106)

As an army brat living in Paris in the mid-sixties David Boyd saw the rainy exterior set of Is Paris Burning? through the wet windows of a Peugeot 403: arc lights, big cameras, very mysterious goings-on. Some years later while attending an international high school in South Korea he saw Robert Altman's “M.A.S.H.” with Korean subtitles at the village movie theater. In college, forced to take one Humanities course, he listened to Jean-Pierre Gorin and Manny Farber lecture on the cinema. That did it. He attended film School at U.C.L.A., and has been a cinematographer since 1998. Boyd is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild as a director of photography, the American Society of Cinematographers, and the Directors Guild of America as a director. His film credits as a cinematographer include the Academy® Award-winning short film Two Soldiers, Kit Kittredge, Deadwood, 12 Rounds, Get Low, and The Walking Dead.

GREG NICOTERO
Special Effects Make-Up Designer/Consulting Producer

Multiple award-winning effects artist Greg Nicotero began his career under the tutelage of director George Romero and effects master Tom Savini in Pittsburgh and relocated to Hollywood in 1985. His skills as a coordinator helped him adapt easily to the needs of the film industry. Nicotero’s good-natured personality and devotion has won over directors such as Frank Darabont, M. Night Shamalyan and Quentin Tarantino.

He has been responsible for storyboarding and designing effects sequences with Robert Rodriguez, Sam Raimi and Wes Craven from initial creature design to on set operation and 2nd unit direction. Nicoteros’s experience has made him the perfect choice to supervise effects photography in the 20 years he’s been a make-up effects designer. Most recently, he directed effects sequences for George A. Romero’s Land Of The Dead, R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hours and the Stephen King/Frank Darabont collaboration Stephen King’s The Mist.

The KNB EFX Group (KNB) was formed in 1988 by Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero. In the last two decades, their talents have been highlighted in such films as Dances With Wolves, The Green Mile, Sin City, Transformers and Pulp Fiction. Since the company’s inception, Nicotero has excelled in a wide variety of effects. Prosthetics and character make-ups can be seen in everything from Kill Bill, Splice, Drag Me To Hell, and The Hills Have Eyes to Boogie Nights, Grindhouse, Austin Powers: Goldmember, and Army Of Darkness. The work on Frank Miller/Robert Rodriguez’s adaptation of the graphic novels for Sin City was lauded for the character prosthetics created for Mickey Rourke, Benecio Del Toro, Nick Stahl and Rutger Hauer and won the 2005 Hollywood Film Festival Award For Make-Up Of The Year.

In the last few years, Nicotero supervised make-up effects on no less than 60 films, from Inglourious Basterds to the Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO series The Pacific, The Book Of Eli, Piranha 3-D and the Robert Rodriguez/Nimrod Antal reboot Predators, for which he supervised the re-imagining of a new breed of predators along with a wide variety of animatronic and prosthetic characters. Nicotero also served as executive producer on the upcoming Starz documentary “Fantastic Flesh: The Art Of Special Make-Up Effects” that highlights not only the history of make-up but also KNB’S significant contributions. Most recently, he won an Emmy for his work on HBO’s “The Pacific.”

KNB has also met the demand for animal duplicates and animatronic “critters.” Kevin Costner gave them their first real challenge, to create the slain buffaloes for Dances With Wolves. Subsequently, they have provided animatronic animals for Eraser, The Hulk and Underdog, to name a few. One of their biggest challenges was The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe in which Nicotero and Berger created literally hundreds of fantasy creatures ranging from prosthetic satyrs and centaurs to an animatronic lion and dozens of goblins and crones. The film, which shot on two continents over eight months, won the duo a British Academy Award for Best Make-Up as well as earning the company an Oscar®.

Greg Nicotero and his wife Shari live in Los Angeles with their two children, Deven and Alyssa.

GREG MELTON
Production Designer (Pilot, Episode 102, 103)

Gregory Melton is a three-time CableACE nominee for his work on such HBO projects as Perversions of Science and the popular horror anthology series, Tales from the Crypt, for which he designed 57 episodes.

Melton designed Darabont’s last feature Stephen King’s The Mist as well as The Majestic. He also designed the feature film based on the small screen series, Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood, as well as such motion pictures as Idle Hands, Children of the Corn 2 and Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde.

Other television credits include the NBC pilots “Medium” and “My Name is Earl,” the CBS pilot for Tobe Hooper’s “Haunted Lives,” and such small screen features as “The Visitor,” “Dark Skies,” “Bump in the Night,” HBO’s “Full Eclipse,” “Flashfire,” and “Galaxy Beat.” He also served as production designer on 22 episodes of the FOX TV series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and 43 segments of the ABC sitcom, “Sledge Hammer.”

Melton hails from a third generation Hollywood family. He grew up in Los Angeles and is a fellow graduate of Hollywood High with filmmaker Frank Darabont (with whom he first worked on the 1983 PBS short, “The Woman in the Room”). He graduated from Cal State University at Northridge before beginning his career as a prop master. He later transferred his skills over to the art department, logging his first feature credit as art director on Volker Schlondorff’s The Handmaid’s Tale.

ALEX HAJDU
Production Designer (Episode 104, 105, 106)

Alex Hajdu was the art director for the pilot and the first two episodes of “The Walking Dead” before taking over the reins of production designer from his friend Greg Melton.

Hajdu most recently production designed F.Gary Gray’s Law Abiding Citizen. Previous to that, he was the art director on Oliver Stone’s W, starring Josh Brolin, and on Frank Darabont’s Stephen King’s The Mist.

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Hajdu immigrated to America during the Hungarian Revolution. He moved to Hollywood as a small child, grew up in the movie business and started working on set at age fifteen.

Hajdu became a propmaster in 1976, working on high-end television commercial production before becoming a production designer in 1984. His first feature film experience was as an art director on the Roger Corman productions Battle Beyond The Stars and Galaxy of Terror working alongside Academy® Award winner James Cameron and the Oscar-winning visual effects team, Robert and Dennis Skotak.

Hajdu has done extensive location work as an art director for IMAX and CircleVision projects in Hawaii and Bora Bora for Disney Studios. He was the art director on the 1990 high definition production of To Dream of Roses for Expo Japan along with Douglas Trumbull. He was also the production designer on the 1940 period CD ROM thriller Noir, in the pioneering days of gaming.

Hajdu also designed many signature music videos for artists such as Earth, Wind and Fire, Don Henley and The Foo Fighters.

Among his credits as art director are the ABC series “Private Practice,” “In Case of Emergency,” “Night Stalker,” the pilot for “My Name Is Earl” and “The Visitor,” which was the first television series produced by Centropolis Entertainment’s Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.

PEGGY STAMPER
Costume Designer

Originally from Indianapolis, IN, Peggy Stamper started her life in show business at an early age singing and dancing. Her career led her to New York City where she graduated from The American Music and Dramatic Academy and was immediately cast in a revival of Grease. She followed that show with the National Company of They’re Playing Our Song and the Los Angeles Company of Rap Master Ronnie. Commercial work and a brief stint on a soap opera started her interest in television work. She transitioned to costume work in the early 80s with her husband, Fred Lloyd, who was working as a costume supervisor. Stamper worked with Lloyd for many years as his key costumer on many feature films and mini series in L.A. including Earth Girls Are Easy, Heart Condition, Mermaids, Don Juan de Marco, Ace Ventura 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, The War, The Oldest Living Confederate Widow and Barbarians at the Gate.

Costume design jobs began to be offered starting with the original ABC TV series “Elvis.” Together with Lloyd, and singularly, Stamper has designed the series “Savannah,” “Legacy,” “October Road,” and “The Walking Dead.” She has designed the features Black Dog, Road Trip and many TV features for all the major networks, HBO, Cartoon Network and Lifetime. Favorite designs include “The Madam’s Family” for CBS and “Ruffian” for ABC/ESPN.

Stamper and Lloyd live in Gainesville, GA where Llyod is a professor of Costume Design and Technology at Brenau University. They have owned boxer dogs for over 25 years and are currently the proud owners of Pringle.

HUNTER M. VIA Editor / Pilot, Episodes 103, 106 Hunter Via, born in West Virginia, spent much of his early childhood and young adulthood living along the East Coast from New York to Miami. He and his wife Amy have called Los Angeles home for the past ten years.   Via has had the privilege to edit such groundbreaking and award-winning shows as “Arrested Development,” “The Shield” and “Sons of Anarchy.” Before beginning work on “The Walking Dead,” he wrapped the soon-to-be-released feature film Mother’s Day.   “The Walking Dead” is Via's third collaboration with Frank Darabont. The two met when Darabont directed an episode of “The Shield” and they later teamed up on Stephen King's The Mist.
Hunter Via was recently featured as one of Variety's 2010 Up Next: Masters of Their Craft.
JULIUS RAMSAY
Editor / Episodes 102, 105

Julius Ramsay was born and raised in North Carolina before relocating to Southern California.  He began his career in television editing documentaries, and received his first Emmy® nomination for the NBC series “The Contender.”  Ramsay transitioned into scripted dramas with the ABC series "Alias," and later the epic science fiction saga “Battlestar Galactica,” for which he received two Emmy® nominations. Most recently, Ramsay edited “FlashForward” on ABC.  A lifelong fan of zombie films, he's thrilled to join “The Walking Dead.”

SIDNEY WOLINSKY
Editor / Episode 104

Sidney Wolinsky most recently served as editor on the pilot the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire,” directed by Martin Scorsese, and the CBS pilots for “Blue Bloods” and “Three Rivers.” Other recent credits include “Natalee Holloway,” “Easy Money,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “Swingtown.”

From 1999-2007, Wolinsky edited 32 episodes of “The Sopranos,” garnering four Emmy® Award nominations and winning two Eddie Awards for his work on the groundbreaking HBO series. In 2005, he edited five episodes of the highly acclaimed series “Rome,” also for HBO. Included among Wolinsky’s other selected television credits are “Prey,” “Circle of Deceit,” “Trial By Fire,” “I Spy Returns,” “Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage,” “The Disappearance of Nora” and “Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris.”

For the big screen, Wolinsky served as editor on the features Far From Home: The Adventures of the Yellow Dog, Worth Winning, Maid To Order, One Magic Christmas, Best Defense, My Tutor, and worked as additional editor on Terms of Endearment and Young Doctors in Love.

BEAR MCCREARY
Composer

Bear McCreary has established himself as a major creative force in the industry.  Io9.com declared McCreary one of the Ten Best Science Fiction Composers of all time, listing him alongside legends John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Bernard Herrmann. He was the only composer under 50 on the list, (he is now 30), and the only one recognized for work in television.
At the age of 24, Bear McCreary was launched into pop culture with his score to Sci Fi Channel's hit, “Battlestar Galactica,” which was heralded as "the most innovative music on TV today" (Variety). Four seasons and 75 episodes later, “Galactica” is universally revered, having won the prestigious Peabody Award and special recognition from the United Nations.
His “Galactica” score has been described as "sharp and sensitive" (The Wall Street Journal), "a key element in establishing the show's dark, complex tone," (The Hollywood Reporter) and "rich, raw, oddly stirring... kick-ass and powerful as hell," (E! Online).   It "fits the action so perfectly, it's almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other," (NPR).  Seasons One, Two, Three and Four of his best-selling “Battlestar” soundtrack albums have rocketed up the Amazon.com Top Music Sales Charts, reaching the #1 sales spot in both television and movie soundtrack lists, many weeks prior to their releases. The most recent album, Season 4, cracked into Amazon.com's Top 5 Music Sales and charted in the Billboard Top 150.
McCreary recently completed scoring his first theatrical feature film, Step Up 3D, for Touchstone Pictures. The second sequel in Disney's successful franchise opens nationally and internationally in August 2010. In 2011, he will contribute original score to NBC's superhero drama “The Cape.” His music can be heard in video games as well, in the upcoming SOCOM 4, the highly anticipated next generation console entry in Sony Playstation's bestselling franchise and with his pulse-pounding orchestral score for CAPCOM's Dark Void and its retro spin-off Dark Void Zero.
McCreary has provided unique and critically acclaimed scores for FOX's iconic “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” the NBC medical drama “Trauma,” and SyFy Channel's hit series “Caprica” and “Eureka.” He also provided an unprecedented live orchestral score for FOX's comic-book action series Human Target. McCreary's other feature film work includes Warner Bros. Rest Stop (2006), its successful sequel Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008), and Twentieth Century Fox's Wrong Turn 2 (2007).   His commercial scoring includes ads for Jinx clothing and Smirnoff Vodka's global Bloodline campaign.
Among the select protégés of the late Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, Far From Heaven), McCreary worked with the film music legend for nearly a decade, learning the tools of the trade along the way. Working from Bernstein's own hand-written pencil sketches, McCreary completely reconstructed and re-orchestrated Bernstein's 1963 score for Kings of the Sun, starring Yul Brynner.   Elmer Bernstein himself conducted McCreary's Kings concert suite in performances around the world.  Their collaboration allowed the complete score to be available as a soundtrack album for the first time in forty years.
McCreary's unique combination of atypical instrumental background (he is a professional accordionist) with rigorous classical training (degrees in Composition and Recording Arts from the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music) prepared him to write for quirky, off-kilter ensembles or symphonic orchestras. Teaming with renowned musicians, McCreary has created the massive Battlestar Galactica Orchestra.   He has conducted this ensemble in sold-out venues around Southern California. In 2010, he took the band to Spain and played with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and Choir for a massive concert in the world-renowned Tenerife Auditorium. His various concerts "became a buzz-building showcase," (Billboard Magazine) and fans fly in from around the world to experience them. "McCreary has the potential to become a true composer rock-star, complete with screaming fans and sold-out concerts, in addition to top-notch talent," raved International Musician's cover story. Despite these accolades, McCreary keeps things in perspective.   He was recently deeply honored to hear his music parodied in “South Park” and “Robot Chicken.”

THOMAS GOLUBIC
Music Supervisor

Thomas Golubic is a Los Angeles-based music supervisor, DJ and Grammy® nominated record producer.  His current projects include the AMC series “Breaking Bad,” the political thriller “Rubicon” and the zombie apocalypse drama “The Walking Dead.”  Previous credits include the HBO series “Six Feet Under,” the New Line film After The Sunset, among a number of studio and independent film features and documentaries.    Musically speaking, Golubic’s formative years were spent as a DJ and music programmer for tastemaker LA radio station KCRW 89.9 FM.  After ending his 10-year radio show run in 2007, Columbic turned his attention to music production, forming The Arbiters, a music collective creating pop music mash-ups with synchronized visuals.  Golubic has also become known as an innovative club DJ, spinning eclectic sets at events and festivals around the world. His SYNCHRONIZE re-score project, featuring live DJ re-scores of feature films, has been featured at the Sundance Film Festival, Dubrovnik Film Festival and U.S. Comedy Arts Festivals, and was profiled by Turner Classic Movies.  


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