Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming is beyond eclectic. He was an award-winning Hamlet, and he had his own talk show. He shot a video portrait with Robert Wilson, and recorded a duet with Liza Minnelli. He made films back to back with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls. He wrote a Sunday Times best-selling novel, and has an award-winning signature fragrance. He has played Dionysus, the Devil, the Pope and was shot...

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Tony Award, he has received both a Golden Globe and an Emmy. He currently stars in the award-winning television series 30 Rock on NBC. Alec is a vigorous supporter and advocate for various causes, including...

Beau Bridges

Three time Emmy Winner, Beau Bridges is an acclaimed actor who has portrayed a myriad of characters during his successful career spanning more than three decades. Part of a preeminent Hollywood acting dynasty, he started at a young age and has worked virtually non-stop in his profession ever since.

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal is a Golden Globe Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. Originally, Crystal studied film and television direction under Martin Scorsese at New York University before he starred in his first prominent role as “Jodie Dallas,” one of the first gay characters portrayed on American television on the hit series Soap.

BJ Novak

B.J. Novak is an actor, writer, and comedian, best known for his contributions to NBC's Emmy Award winning comedy, "The Office." In addition to starring as Ryan, the temp-turned-boss-turned-temp, Novak is also a co-executive producer for the hit series and has written many of the show's most memorable episodes, including "Diversity Day," "Sexual Harassment," "The Fire," "Initation," "Boys and...

Cedric 'The Entertainer'

Cedric ‘The Entertainer’ is best known for his crowd-pleasing roles in the recent hit films Barbershop with Ice Cube, Be Cool with John Travolta, Madagascar (animated feature), Intolerable Cruelty with George Clooney, and The Original Kings of Comedy, MTV’S documentary feature directed by Spike Lee. Additionally, in April 2004, Cedric was star and producer of the box office hit Johnson Family...

Chris Noth

Chris Noth has received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Mr. Big and has made a lasting impression on Sex and the City audiences. Noth is an alumni of the Yale School of Drama. His training as an actor comes from a rich tradition of theater along with fellow graduates Sam Waterston, Sigourney Weaver, and Meryl Streep.

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward Aykroyd is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning actor, comedian, screenwriter, and most recently business entrepreneur. He attended Carleton University in Canada, but dropped out before receiving his degree. He veered away from his study of criminology in college in order to pursue his interest in acting. He began as a comedian in various Canadian nightclubs and went...

Dwayne Johnson

Since his breakout roles in Universal Pictures’ THE MUMMY RETURNS and box office powerhouses THE SCORPION KING and THE GAME PLAN, Dwayne Johnson has firmly established himself as one of Hollywood’s most sought after leading men. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY recently named Johnson on the top of Hollywood’s next A-List, alongside, Robert Downey Jr., Ellen Page, James McAvoy and Amy Adams. Born in San...

Gary Sinise

Best known for his Oscar-nominated performance as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, for his portrayal of Detective Mac Taylor in CSI: New York, and as a founder of Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theater, Gary Sinise is proudest of his work as a humanitarian and USO entertainer. Whether jamming for the U.S. military and their families with his phenomenal Lt. Dan Band, or donating his time and energy to...

George Lopez

Time Magazine has called him one of “The 25 Most Influential Hispanics In America;” a Gallup Poll recently named him one of America’s top-ten television personalities. In 2004 Harvard University presented him with their Artist of the Year and Humanitarian Award. His own charity, The George & Ann Lopez-Richie Alarcon CARE Foundation, provides significant community and arts resources for...

Jeremy Piven

A 2005 Golden Globe and Emmy nominee for his portrayal of Entourage's slick-talking agent, Ari Gold, Jeremy Piven has acted in over 40 films. He recently received a 2005 Distinguished Performance Honor from the Drama League for his performance as 'Tom' in the off-Broadway hit, Fat Pig by Neil LaBute, in which he starred opposite Keri Russell and Andrew McCarthy.

John Cleese

Best known for his brilliant humor and classic TV and film performances, John Cleese is also an extraordinarily popular lecturer who enthralls packed audiences worldwide. Often named the funniest man alive, John Cleese is both a versatile comedic actor and a leading business motivator.

John Leguizamo

A multi-faceted performer and Emmy Award winner, John Leguizamo has established a career that defies categorization. With boundless energy and creativity, his work in film, theatre, television, and literature covers a variety of genres, continually threatening to create a few of its own.

John Lithgow

John Lithgow is a two time Tony Award winner and was most recently nominated for his starring performance in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Previous credits on Broadway include: Mrs. Farnsworth, The Retreat From Moscow and Sweet Smell of Success.

Johnathan Katz

Author, producer, actor, comedian and musician, Jonathan Katz is one of the entertainment industry’s most original and versatile creative personalities. Katz co-created and starred in the hit animated series Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, which, during the six seasons it aired on Comedy Central, was credited with branding that network as the home for sophisticated, smartly stupid...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been working as a professional actor for twenty-three years. He recently starred in award-winning sleeper hit (500) Days of Summer for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe. After adolescence on the TV show 3rd Rock From The Sun, he took a break from acting to attend Columbia University and returned to earn his "indie cred" with films Mysterious Skin...

Kevin Spacey

For the past five years Kevin's main focus has been to serve as the Artistic Director of London's Old Vic Theatre Company. Since launching this new company in 2004 he has appeared in productions of National Anthems, The Philadelphia Story, Richard II (directed by Trevor Nunn) and Moon For The Misbegotten, directed by Howard Davis, which transferred to Broadway last year.

Matthew Lillard

Constantly delivering memorable performances, Matthew Lillard is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents. Lillard will soon be seen in the comedy The Groomsmen opposite Edward Burns and John Leguizamo. The film, directed by Burns, follows the groom and his four attendants as they wrestle with issues related to friendship and maturity a week before the big day. In a...

Mike O'Malley

Actor Mike O'Malley stars as Jimmy Hughes in the CBS television situation comedy Yes, Dear. He previously had a short-lived, self-named sitcom on NBC. Prior to his big break with the networks, O'Malley was best known for hosting Nickelodeon game shows such as Get the Picture, Guts and Global Guts. O'Malley has a recurring role in ESPN commercials in which he plays "The Rick" a rabid Boston...

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman earned his first Academy Award nomination for his chilling performance as a homicidal pimp in the drama Street Smart, which also brought him the LA, N.Y., and National Society of Film Critics Awards for best supporting actor of 1987, as well as an Independent Spirit Award and a Golden Globe nomination. The part of the pimp, Fast Black, was a far cry from his big screen debut as...

Nathan Lane

Award-winning actor, singer, and librettist, and star of such blockbusters as The Birdcage and The Producers, Nathan Lane brings his gigantic talent center stage in regaling audiences with the stories behind his spectacular Broadway and Hollywood triumphs. Nathan also enjoys imparting to fellow actors the secrets to success on stage, screen and television, as he inspires them to reach for the...

Richard Thomas

While indelibly linked with the role of the somewhat naive would-be writer John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series The Waltons (and its spin-off TV-movies), Richard Thomas has had a richly diverse career that has encompassed stage, screen and TV. The son of ballet dancers, Thomas began his career as a juvenile performer making his Broadway debut at age seven as one of the Roosevelt children...

Ryan Kwanten

Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, as his career continues to evolve with exciting and challenging projects, Ryan Kwanten has positioned himself as one of Hollywood’s most promising talents. This fall, Ryan can be seen starring alongside Academy Award winner Anna Paquin in the highly anticipated new HBO series True Blood, from Alan Ball, the acclaimed...

Sidney Poitier

Academy Award-winning actor, writer, director, and diplomat (he serves as the Bahamas’ ambassador to Japan and UNESCO), Sidney Poitier has been a political and artistic trailblazer for more than half a century. On the lecture stage he recounts the uplifting story of his life from his childhood as the son of poor tomato farmers to his pioneering cinematic career in inspiring audiences to pursue...

Sir Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley is one of the most accomplished actors of the last quarter century. Best known for his Oscar winning portrayal of Ghandi in 1982, Kingsley has never looked back since the overnight success the film brought him.

Ted Danson

Scientists believe our oceans will face a bleak future if nothing is done. Large-scale industrial fishing takes too much ocean wildlife from the water; land-based industries, meanwhile, put too many pollutants back in; and the laws meant to check this destruction are ignored or selectively enforced.

Warren Beatty

Equally renowned for his contributions to cinema and to politics, Warren Beatty is among the most versatile and gifted figures in Hollywood. On the lecture stage he is a passionate and compelling speaker, whether discussing his life in film or addressing the political issues-state, national and global-that most deeply concern him.

Woody Harrelson

One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, Academy Award nominated actor Woody Harrelson has long considered his work on behalf of the environment to be as important to him as his ever-burgeoning film career. In the summer of 2001, Harrelson created and took part in the SOL (Simple Organic Living) Tour, a spiritual and physical journey that had him and several other participants...

Zach Braff

Zach Braff stars as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian in NBC's hit comedy Scrubs. For his portrayal of the quirky doctor Braff was nominated for a 2005 Emmy Award and received three consecutive Golden Globe nominations in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Aside from acting Braff has distinguished himself from his peers as a writer and director. With his feature writing and directorial debut, GardenState...