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| • Marg Helgenberger • |
Marg Helgenberger is an established dramatic actress whose prominence has been steadily increasing. Her work has been noted on stage, film and TV. Most of her career has been spent in dramatic roles on television, but she has also had a noteworthy presence in feature films.
to read more about Marg go to biography on M.H. Network.
| | • William Petersen • |
William Petersen has a distinguished background in film, theater, and television. His television credits include the films Long Gone, The Rat Pack, The Kennedys of Massachusetts, which won a Golden Globe Award, and The Beast. He also serves as executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and was nominated in 2003 for a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of lead investigator Gil Grissom.
His feature film credits include To Live and Die in L.A., Manhunter, Cousins, Young Guns II, Fear, Hard Promises, which he also produced, and The Contender.
Peterson made his Broadway debut in a revival of Tennessee Williams' The Night of The Iguana. In 1979 he founded the 'Remains Theater Ensemble' in Chicago with a group of fellow actors. He has appeared in a number of regional stage productions including A Streetcar Named Desire, The Time of Your Life, Glengarry Glen Ross, Fool for Love, and Speed-the-Plow.
Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois, and first discovered acting while on a football scholarship at Idaho State University.
| | • Jorja Fox • |
Jorja Fox has become a familiar face by playing major roles in three of the most successful television dramas in history: "ER" (1994), "The West Wing" (1999) and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).
As a teenager, Fox had a career as a fashion model. She then turned to formal study of the acting craft at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, specifically under the tutelage of veteran actor William Hickey.
After appearing in several minor films and TV series, Fox got her big break in 1996 by landing a role in the immensely successful "ER" (1994) TV series. She appeared in 33 episodes as "Dr. Maggie Doyle" who became embroiled in a sexual harassment suit against a powerful hospital administrator. Fox then got a recurring role in the renowned "The West Wing" (1999) TV series where she portrayed a Secret Service agent who was in charge of protecting the President's college-age daughter. She had a key role in that series' cliffhanger episode where the President's entourage comes under gunfire by assassins.
Fox now appears as part of the regular cast of the popular TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) where she portrays one of the crime scene investigators. Fox shared in CSI's 2005 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.
In addition to her TV and movie roles, Fox is the co-founder of an experimental stage theater production company called "Honeypot Productions". Fox is also a musician and songwriter. She wrote and performed the song "Lullabye" which was featured in the movie Traveling Companion (1998).
| | •Gary Durdin • |
Gary Durdin, or now known as, Gary Dourdan, was born December 11, 1966 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Gary has a daughter, Nyla and a son, Lyric from other relationships. Robert Durdin, Gary's father, is an agent for jazz musicians. Sandy Durdin, Gary's mother, is a fashion designer. Gary is the youngest of 5 children, and when he was 6, his older brother Darryl, was murdered when he was on a vacation in Haiti. The case is still unsolved.
Gary has been a big fan of acting since his younger days. Gary graduated from a local performing arts High school, which is now known as Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. Gary soon went through his Reckless period, when instead of going to college, he got into a bad drug and alcohol habit. When Gary was held up at gunpoint by a guy on drugs, Gary gave him his money and jewelry. After experiencing this, Gary decided to clean up his act and started focusing on his career. He started doing Broadway, and also modelling for several magazines.
Gary got his first break when Debbie Allen cast him as Shazza Zulu on A Different World based on a tape of him in an avant-garde play. Gary is more recognized as Warrick Brown, from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
| | • George Eads • |
Graduated from Belton High School in Belton, TX in 1985.
Texas Tech University graduate of 1990
When he arrived in Los Angeles, he could only drive during the day because the truck he borrowed from his step dad had two broken headlights (after landing his role on Savannah, Eads bought a new truck).
Used to work as a copy machine salesman.
He is an alumni of the same fraternity of Survivor: The Australian Outback runner up, Colby Donaldson. Colby entered after George graduated from Texas Tech in 1990.
He is a member of Phi Delta Theta's Texas Epsilon Chapter, Texas Tech University.
Along with Jorja Fox, fired in July 2004 from the hit TV crime show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) after reportedly failing to show up for work in what appeared to be a hold-out for more money. The network had only upped his salary from $100,000 to $120,000 per episode. Eads immediately issued a public apology, stating that it had nothing to do with money and he simply overslept. After a few days the network decided to rehire him.
| | • Eric Szmanda • |
Eric Kyle Szmanda was born on July 24, 1975 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is an actor who has appeared in many films and television series as well as appearing on stage in numerous plays.
He is also passionate about music and served as a music consultant on the feature film Life as a House. He has a production company called doop which combines both acting and music.
He currently stars in the hit series CSI as the loveable lab-tech come CSI, Greg Sanders. There are many fans who are completely obsessed with him and one day have dreams of stalking his character Greg Sanders from CSI. They would never go as far as to stalk Eric Szmanda.
| | • Louise Lombard • |
Louise Lombard was born Louise Maria Perkins on September 13th 1970 in Redbridge, Essex. She attended the local Catholic school and by the time she left at the age of 16, she had already appeared in television adverts.
In the early 1990s, Louise had been seen in numerous television shows as a guest star. Most notably: ITV’S police drama ‘The Bill’ as Susan Perterfield in ‘Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow,’ the BBC’s hospital series ‘Casualty’ in ‘All’s Fair’ and an episode of the Jersey based detective show ‘Bergerac.’ However it was her performance as Anna in the second series of the ITV con-man drama Chancer, opposite Clive Owen, that brought her to the British public’s attention.
Not long after her success in ’Chancer,’ Louise was offered a starring role in the BBC period drama The House Of Eliott as Evangeline Eliott. It was this performance that gained her national and international recognition. The 1920’s based fashion drama ran for three series, was sold world wide and was watched by over ten million viewers each week in the UK. Although Louise was completely convincing in her portrayal of an innocent Evie, struggling for independence and success, in a 1993 interview with The Mail on Sunday she said, ‘I know it is sacrilege, but the truth is I haven't a clue about fashion.’
During the mid - late 1990s, Louise performed on stage and took a central role in the ITV drama ‘Bodyguards.’ She also appeared on the big screen in ’Tale of The Mummy’ alongside classic horror actor Christopher Lee and played the title role in ’Esther’, part of an Emmy award series of biblical adaptations. Other notable film appearances are in ’Diggity,’ ‘Hidalgo’ and more recently, ‘The Call.’
In 2004, Louise returned to the small screen when she began a run of guest appearances in the top rated show, CSI as Sophia Curtis.
Louise is married to cameraman Jon Stephen and they have one child.
| | • Robert David Hall • |
Robert David Hall was 31 when he had the accident that would cost him his legs. His car was crushed by an 18-wheeler in 1978 and he suffered burns over 65% of his body. He now uses prosthetics.
He has married 3 times, and divorced twice. His only son, Andrew, was born in 1981 to his second wife.
Since his monumental successin CSI, he has become an impassioned spokesperson on the importance of hiring actors with disabilities. He has testified before Congress, and served as a national board member and chair on the Performers With Disabilities Committee.
| | • Paul Guilfoyle • |
He graduated from Yale in 1977 after majoring in Economics. Studied at the prestigious Actor's Studio (which he is also a member of) before building up a substantial theatrical reputation on and off Broadway, including 12 years with the Theatre Company of Boston, appearances in David Rabe's The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel with Al Pacino and in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.
His first film was the not-so-popular tank 'Howard the Duck', but Paul has since become one of the industries leading character actors specializing in shady lawyers, crooked cops and gangsters.
Among his many films include, 'Final Analysis' 1992, 'Striptease' 1996, 'L.A Confidential' 1997, 'Air Force One' 1997, 'Primary Colours' 1998, 'The Negotiator' 1998, and most recently 'Session 9' 2001. He is currently a regular cast member of the hit CBS series 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' where he plays Captain Jim Brass.
Paul is also a longtime resident of New York.
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