Born Jason Brian Carter on September 23, 1960, in London and raised in Gainsborough, a small market town in Lincolnshire. Jason was advised to pursue a career in rubber technology. Instead he attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) for three years.

Jason appeared in long runs in the London West End which included such plays as Melon with Alan Bates, The Sleeping Prince with Omar Sharif, Salome with Steven Berkoff. His BBC credits include various series/mini-series such as Jackanory Playhouse, Play for Today, and Just Good Friends,

Upon moving to the United States, Jason expanded his career in numerous roles and guest appearances. Some of his credits include 3rd Rock From the Sun (starring John Lithgow), Roar (starring the late Heath Ledger, as well as, being created and produced by Shaun Cassidy), Beverly Hills 90210 (the original series), Diagnosis Murder (starring Dick Van Dyke), Charmed, and Angel. Jason may be best known for his much loved, and greatly missed role of Ranger Marcus Cole in J. Michael Straczynski's tv series, Babylon 5.

Jason's movie credits include King David (starring Richard Gere), Georgia (starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham), The Mesmerist (starring Neil Patrick Harris), and Behind the Red Door (starring Kyra Sedgwick, Keifer Sutherland, and Stockard Channing). Jason was also Director Francis Ford Coppola's choice to play Dracula in the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Jason has also done voice over work for video games such as GoldenEye: Rogue Agent and Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II-Rise of the Witch King.

Jason collaborated with his friend, and fellow Babylon 5 actor, the late Richard Biggs on The Biggs & Carter Experience, an interactive workshop for aspiring actors.

John de Lancie (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor. He has been active in screen and television roles since 1977, though he is best known for his recurring role as Q on the various Star Trek series, as Discord on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, as Eugene Bradford on Days of our Lives, as Donald Margolis on Breaking Bad and as Frank Simmons in Stargate SG-1.

De Lancie has produced and acted in several audio dramas based on classic science fiction stories for the production company Alien Voices, which he founded with Leonard Nimoy.Television

De Lancie has appeared in numerous television series. He starred as Dr. Deroy in three television films of Emergency! (1977-1979): "The Steel Inferno", "The Convention" and "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing". In 1988, he played assassin Matthew Drake in the premiere episode of the Mission: Impossible revival series. He also starred in a first season episode of MacGyver, "The Escape", where he played a gunrunner. In 1997, de Lancie lent his voice to The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Doctor Quest. He also recently appeared on AMC's Breaking Bad. From 2001–2002, he was Agent Dark Booty on the television series Invader Zim. He also starred in the eighth, ninth and tenth episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day. In both parts of the 2011 season premiere of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, he voiced the antagonist 'Discord'. In 2012, he guest-starred as Royce Armstrong in the CW's The Secret Circle.

Star Trek

De Lancie is best known for his portrayal of the iconic, all-powerful Q, a recurring character on Star Trek. Q is one of few characters appearing in multiple shows of the Star Trek franchise: in eight episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Encounter at Farpoint", "Hide and Q", "Q Who", "Deja Q", "Qpid", "True Q", "Tapestry", "All Good Things..."), in one episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Q-Less"), and in three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager ("Death Wish", "The Q and the Grey", "Q2"). De Lancie's son, Keegan de Lancie, appeared with his father as Q's son in Star Trek: Voyager's seventh season episode "Q2".

Other television roles

De Lancie co-starred in Star Trek writer Michael Piller's short-lived creation Legend as eccentric scientist Janos Bartok. He had a recurring role as NID Colonel Frank Simmons on Stargate SG-1. He has also appeared as Beka Valentine's Uncle Sid in Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, as pollster Al Kiefer on The West Wing, and as an Elder on Charmed.

De Lancie also played:

• An air traffic controller and father Donald Margolis on the AMC series Breaking Bad.
• A middleman who dealt with dangerous arms dealers in CBS's The Unit during the fourth season of that show.
• A judge on Law & Order: LA.
• Allen Shapiro, a CIA official in the Starz/BBC sci-fi drama Torchwood: Miracle Day.
• Justinian Jones, a farmer who brings a lawsuit against God, demanding rain in a fourth-season episode of the CBS series Touched by an Angel.
• A mysterious unnamed Link, who has many mysterious and evil powers, one of which is to raise the dead in the second season of Special Unit 2, in episode 5, The Eve.
• John de Lancie plays Major Preston Waterhouse, a double agent in "Get Smart, Again!", and is not credited in opening or closing credits, though the whole show revolves around this character.

He has also voiced:

• The villain Sinestro on the "The Green Loontern" episode of Duck Dodgers,
• The Yak In The Sack, a parody of Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat from the episode of the same name in The Angry Beavers,
• French mercenary L'Etranger on Max Steel and
• The antagonist Discord, who appears in the two-part Season 2 premiere of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "The Return of Harmony". [3] Lauren Faust designed the character as an homage to de Lancie's role as Q.[citation needed]
• De Lancie was the narrator for a General Motors (GM) commercial in the early 1980s that featured a robot that drops a bolt and talks about the future of the auto industry.

Films

His film credits include The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Get Smart, Again!, The Fisher King, Bad Influence, The Onion Field, Taking Care of Business, Fearless, Arcade, Multiplicity, Woman on Top, Nicolas, Good Advice, Patient 14, The Big Time, Teenius, Pathology, Evolver, and Reign Over Me, You Lucky Dog (1998).

Stage career

He has been a member of The American Shakespeare Festival, The Seattle Repertory Company, South Coast Repertory, The Mark Taper Forum, and the Old Globe where he recently performed Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues.

De Lancie has performed and directed for Los Angeles Theater Works, the producing arm of KCRW-FM and National Public Radio, where the series The Play's the Thing originates. He recently returned from a national tour of the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Star Trek: The Music was a multi-city tour with Robert Picardo. De Lancie and Picardo narrate around the orchestral performance, explaining the history of the music in Star Trek.

De Lancie performed the character, Pierre Curie in Alan Alda's play, "Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie" 11/2011 to 12/2011 in Los Angeles at the Geffen Theater.

Audio dramas

De Lancie is co-owner, with Leonard Nimoy, of Alien Voices, a production company devoted to the radio-style dramatization of classic science fiction. De Lancie produced, co-wrote, and directed audio dramatizations of: The Time Machine, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Lost World, The Invisible Man, and The First Men in the Moon; as well as three television specials for the Sci-Fi Channel. In addition, he played the lead in Yuri Rasovsky's award-winning audio version of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. He also narrated the show "Black Holes", an educational show produced by the Clark Planetarium for use in full dome planetarium star theaters.

Video games

De Lancie provided the voice of the character Antonio Malochio in the PC game Interstate '76, as the angel Trias in the video game Planescape: Torment, and as Dr. Death in Outlaws. He also played Q in the PC Video Games Star Trek: Borg and Star Trek: The Game Show. He also provided the voice for William Miles in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is also the voice of Professor Fitz Quadwrangle in Quantum Conundrum.

Documentaries

While on stage at the 2012 Ottawa ComicCon, De Lancie announced that he has made plans to co-produce a documentary about "bronies," older, usually male teenage and adult fans of the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. De Lancie stated that he was taken aback by how disrespectful national news media portrayed the brony fandom. [4] He resolved to do it "the right way" and, with the help of producer Michael Brockhoff and director Laurent Malaquais, began a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the documentary, titled BronyCon: The Documentary. [5]

The documentary will follow De Lancie on his journey to a large convention of bronies in Secaucus, NJ, known as BronyCon Summer 2012, where he has been invited to speak. De Lancie stressed that the documentary will be "respectful, insightful, and very entertaining," in an effort to paint the community in a more positive light. [5]

The Kickstarter campaign began on May 13, 2012. By May 16, 2012, the project had already surpassed its $60,000 goal. On May 27, 2012, it was announced that Tara Strong and Lauren Faust were joining the project as producers. They also announced plans to enlarge the project's budget, hoping to increase the scale and broadness of the documentary, upping the budget to $200,000.

The campaign ended on June 10, 2012, and reached a grand total of $322,022, becoming Kickstarter's second highest funded film project of all time. PayPal donations for the project at the time the Kickstarter campaign ended had reached $26,142. PayPal donations continue to be accepted for the time being.[5]

Music career

In the world of music, John de Lancie, Jr. has performed as narrator with a number of major orchestras including: Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis and the New York Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; the National Symphony Orchestra[disambiguation needed] and The Montreal Symphony. His repertoire includes: Peer Gynt, King David, The Bourgeois Gentleman, Lincoln Portrait, St. Joan, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oedipus Rex, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, The Soldier's Tale, The Nightingale, and Peter and the Wolf.

De Lancie was the host of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Symphonies for Youth for four years where he helped conceptualize the student concerts "Don't Educate–Stimulate". In addition, he's written and directed ten symphonic plays. These ninety-minute programs are fully staged productions with orchestra; titles include Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Bourgeois Gentleman, and The Abduction from the Seraglio. They were produced with the Milwaukee, St. Paul Chamber, Ravinia, Los Angeles, and Pasadena Orchestras.

De Lancie makes frequent appearances with the Pasadena Symphony, which holds concerts of orchestrated music in the Fall and the Spring. In spring 2004, he gave pre-concert lectures where the symphony is held in Pasadena, California, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

He was also the writer, director, and host of First Nights, an adult concert series at Disney Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic which explored the life and music of Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, and Prokofiev. These were fully integrated, fully staged productions. John de Lancie has performed and directed for L.A. Theater Works, the producing arm of KCRW-FM and National Public Radio, where the series The Plays the Thing originates. He recently returned from a national tour of the Scopes Monkey Trial. He was co-owner, with Leonard Nimoy, of Alien Voices; a production company devoted to the dramatization of classic science fiction.

In 2006, de Lancie made his opera directorial debut with The Atlanta Opera performing Puccini's "Tosca" on May 18 to May 21.

In September 2007, de Lancie provided dramatic narration to the Cleveland Orchestra's performance of Peer Gynt. He performed this role again with the National Symphony Orchestra in June 2008, under the direction of Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Writing career

De Lancie co-wrote the Star Trek novel I, Q with Peter David, as well as co-writing the novel Soldier of Light with Tom Cool. He also was the writer for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual #1 DC comic book story "The Gift."

Best known for his role as Tommy Oliver in the long-running TV show Power Rangers, Jason morphed into a series of different rangers over the years: Mighty Morphin Green and White, Red Zeo, Red Turbo, and then returned in 2004 as the Black DinoThunder Ranger. All in all, 'Tommy' appeared in more episodes than any other character, 225 in total, and appeared in both full-length movies, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie" (1995) and "Turbo" (1997).

A highly accomplished and respected martial artist with 34 years experience, Kyoshi Frank currently holds a seventh degree black belt in American Karate and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is the owner/operator of Rising Sun Karate and MMA, with three schools in Texas and one in California. He is also the founder/CEO of Jesus Didn't Tap, the first Christian-based line of MMA clothing and fight gear. Inducted into the World Karate Union Hall of Fame in 2003 as the American Karate Master of the Year, he is the founder of Toso Kune Do, his own style.

Beginning his full contact career in 2006, Jason won the prestigious "Ruff Man" Grand Champion title in Indiana and the gold medal in Master Toddy's Full Contact Muay Thai competition in Las Vegas. In 2010, Kyoshi began his amateur Mixed Martial Arts career with a 4-0 record and then in August won his first pro bout.

Always an actor at heart, Jason has taken on several small and big screen roles with his most recent being "The One Warrior"—an action/fantasy film which also stars James Russo and Dominic Keating. In the story, the character of The One Warrior finds himself in a mythical world where he must destroy the Evil Lord Shoukata. However, first he must fight his way through many challenges that include dragons, the cursed swords of Damocles, the Samurai Six, the Amazon Warriors, and much, much more. The movie is scheduled for release very soon.

Steve Cardenas, a former “Power Ranger” and 5th degree black belt in American Tae Kwon Do & black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) started training martial arts in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas at the young age of 12. At 14 he realized he wanted to teach martial arts and accepted an apprenticeship with mentor, Dennis Black. Black began teaching Cardenas the fundamental important lessons of instruction as well as the ins and outs of the "karate biz". At age 16 Cardenas received a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, prompting him to teach multiple after-school programs to kids and teens. At 20 Cardenas moved to Los Angeles, California after an unlikely audition landed him the the role of “Rocky the Red Power Ranger” on the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American live-action children's television series that saw overnight success, catapulting the show into pop culture in mere months.

Following a run making pop-culture history, Cardenas successfully ran martial arts studios in California and Texas and in 2009 started a kids-specific program at Hollywood BJJ studio in West Hollywood founded by actor and BJJ black belt, Sean Patrick Flannery. With 25 years of martial arts experience, Cardenas has also received many outstanding honors, including: two-time Silver Medalist at Copa Pacifica in 2009 & 2011, Gold Medal winner of the 2009 American National Championship, Bronze Medal winner in the 2010 American National Championship, Gold Medal in the 2010 Jiu-Jitsu Pro Gear Open, and Silver Medal in the 2010 No-Gi World Championships. Recently, he won Gold in both the Gi and No-Gi 2011 American Nationals and Gold in the 2011 No-Gi World Jiu-Jitsu Championships. Now, Steve not only focuses on working with kids in BJJ, but people of all ages and believes that the conditioning, discipline and respect that people learn from martial arts can be carried over into all aspects of their lives.

Karan Ashley has had a career that has span over 20 years as an actress, singer, radio show host, reality star, writer and TV and film producer. Karan Ashley is currently working on the projects: Uncensored Reality, Uncensored Radio and Grow Up Already

She began her entertainment career as a child singer in the girl group KRUSH. They were signed to Perspective, A&M Records and had their first single, “Let’s Get Together” on the Mo Money soundtrack. They worked under the world famous Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as their exclusive artists. With the group they earned a platinum record and had a hit dance song, Let’s Get Together (So Groovy Now) and worked with such artists as Janet Jackson, Johnny Gill, Karen White, Lo-Key and Mint Condition.

After 5 years in KRUSH, Karan decided to dive head first and begin an acting career. She did several national commercials. Her big break came when she went to an open call audition and beat out over 10 thousand hopefuls and landed the role of Aisha the Yellow Power Rangers on the #1 kids show in America, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. She was able to do over 80 episodes and star in the hit movie “Power Rangers the Movie” that was released by 20th Century Fox. 

Not stopping there she has beat the pavement for years and has been on many different TV shows and films such as, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, The Steve Harvey Show, One on One, The Parkers, Kenan & Kel, Chat Room, The Opposite Sex, Taylor’s Wall, Wicked Weekend, Jazz Scene, The Encounter and many other projects. She has worked with many successful companies such as MTV, BET, ABC, Nickelodeon, Disney, The WB, 20th Century Fox, Asiatic Productions and formed the production company GAG Order films.

Although acting is her passion, while with GAG Order Films, she ventured into producing, writing and has starred in two feature films, Unto Thee and Devon’s Ghost. In both films she served as lead actress, writer and producer. Both films did well in film festivals and sold in over 17 countries in DVD sales. She worked as a producer for BET and did exclusive work with their BET on Jazz channel. She also produced a TV talk show with Sheryl Underwood that premiered on UPN.

She branched out on her own to form her very own production company and produced two television pilots. Her production company, KASH Pictures and Entertainment produced, created and wrote, A Day in the Life. A Day, paired Karan and Kel Mitchell as co-hosts to a reality based talk show.  She also produced, created and wrote a show called Turning Point which she submitted to the OWN network and received over 14 thousand votes in one week.

Karan pushes herself creatively and is very proud of her latest project, Grow Up Already, where she is executive producer and creator.  Grow up Already is a 30-minute sitcom starring Karan, Don “DC” Curry, Wesley Jonathan, Alisa Reyes, Katrina Johnson, Anneliese vanderPol, and many other talented actors.  Comedy has always been a love of hers and she is in the process of selling this project to a network.

During the production of Grow Up Already, Karan got an email from Jeffrey Emmette asking her to come on his radio show Uncensored Radio.  From their very first conversation they had chemistry so when Jeff asked Karan to come on as a guest host she could not refuse the offer to join this hilarious show.  Her role on the show grew fast and she now sits a producer, contributor and moderator. The show and the process of creating this show daily was so interesting that when Jeff brought up the idea of doing Uncensored Reality, Karan’s producing and creative wheels started turning.  Long story short they recently shot 3-episodes and are in editing!

Karan Ashley is currently working on the projects: Uncensored Reality, Uncensored Radio and Grow Up Already.

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Among Blake Foster’s collection of movie memorabilia is the blue Power Rangers costume he wore in “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.” It is carefully framed and preserved. As one views the costume, the “Go Go Power Rangers!” theme song filters through the mind.

The costume represents a boy living his dream. Years before Blake wore the real Power Ranger costume, he donned the toy store versions. Each Halloween, he was a different Power Ranger, leaping through the air imitating his action heroes.

Blake became the blue Power Ranger at age 11½ when director Shuky Levi chose him to star in "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie." "The first time he saw Jason Frank, Blake’s eyes popped out of his head," reminisces Blake’s mother, Pat.

“When I used to watch the Power Rangers, I always wondered how they did the special effects with the monsters,” says Blake. “When I got to work on camera, I was surprised when I found out that the monsters were really just small toys.” Blake remained the blue ranger for two ½ years through 52 TV Power Ranger episodes.

Living his dream as a real Power Ranger, with a real costume, real helmet, and real Morpher, came with a price, Blake discovered. At school, some of the boys were jealous of his stardom. They called him “Spandex Boy” and yelled “Shift into turbo, you blue Power Ranger fag!” By the age of 14, Blake left one school because of his fights with bullies.

At a Las Vegas karate tournament, while competitors lined up, a bigger kid told him, “So you’re the blue Power Ranger.” Blake nodded. The kid said with a sneer, “I’m gonna make you eat the mat!” and spat upon Blake. Later, the two faced each other in competition. The bigger kid charged in. Blake dropped him with a sidekick. The belligerent was in tears at the end of the match. Blake felt bad that he had hurt the boy but was glad he had won.

Though no one knew it at the time, Blake began training for his Power Rangers role at age 4 ½, when he took up karate. He comes from a martial arts family. His parents, John and Pat, are both black belts. His sister Callie is a yellow belt.

At age five, Blake entered his first karate tournament. By age 14, he had collected 134 sparring trophies. “I attribute Blake’s success in acting to the martial arts,” says his mother. “It gave him the confidence to audition in front of people. He’s been testing for belts since he was five. By testing, you learn to deal with the fear.”

“Blake is the most disciplined actor I have ever worked with,” says Dale Bradley, director of the new movie “Kids’ World.” Perhaps Blake learned his work ethic through karate. His karate teacher, Tom Bloom, emphasizes old-school discipline. If instructor Bloom sees a student scratching his nose while at attention, the whole class does push-ups.

Blake passed his black belt test at age 13 under Tom Bloom. It was a grueling nine-hour, two-day test that included a five-mile run. The first time he took the test, Blake failed. He was so disappointed that he cried when he and his family went home. But he grew from the experience. He took the test again five months later and passed.

Tom Bloom is Blake’s role model and hero. “I’ve looked up to him all these years,” says Blake.

“Master Bloom is a good role model. He never speaks ill of anyone,” says Blake’s mother. Giving Tom a mother’s highest compliment, she adds, “I want my son to grow up to be like him.”

Blake’s karate teacher and parents have worked hard to teach him the higher ideals of the martial arts. They taught him to fight only as a last resort; to show respect; and to be a giver, not a taker. Consequently, Blake is co-chair in the Children’s Dance Outreach. He speaks for DARE and Kids with a Cause. And he helped found National Safe Kids Campaign. When he was a Power Ranger, he performed a rap song to audiences: “To be a Power Ranger is not an easy task. You must work hard and stay in class. Say no to drugs and yes to school, and you can grow up to be a Ranger too.”

Stephen Stanton is an accomplished voiceover actor known for his many roles in the animation world such as STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS playing Tarkin, Moralo Eval and Col. Meebur Gascon to name a few. He has a new Disney series coming out soon called THE 7D and if you’ve been to Disneyland , you’ve heard his voice as the Mark Twain Riverboat Captain or Stinky Pete. Stephen is the current voice of Happy from SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. He is the voice of the villainous Klaw in Marvel’s BLACK PANTHER series, Jimi Stringer in LEGO HERO FACTORY and he has worked on FAMILY GUY, ROBOT CHICKEN, G.I. JOE: RENEGADES, ARCHER and WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN.

In the film and trailer world, he's worked on many movies including SECRETARIAT, YOGI BEAR, THE GREEN HORNET, FOODFIGHT, CHANGELING, THE BEAVER and THE WOLFMAN.

In video games he's the voice of the Cave in the newly released THE CAVE. He was Big Daddy in BIOSHOCK, Tony Stark in IRON MAN, and Obi Wan in STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II & STAR WARS EMPIRE AT WAR. Other games include PSYCHONAUTS, Jack Black’s Brütal Legend, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, SPIDERMAN , MADAGASCAR , LORD OF THE RINGS and many more.

Stephen is also one of the industry's premiere voice match artists filling in for over 100 celebrities including Robert Downey, Jr, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Eddie Murphy to name a few.

In the commercial world Stephen is the voice of Chili's Restaurants, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas and many, many more.

Gil Gerard has starred in numerous successful made-for-television movies as well as feature films.  However, his millions of fans prefer to remember him as "Buck Rogers" from the Universal motion picture and NBC series, "BUCK ROGERS in the 25th CENTURY".

A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Gil headed to New York in the summer of 1969 where he found a job as a taxi driver and began training with Phillip Burton at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

It wasn't long before Gil found himself working in the "business", however, when one of his fares told him he should audition for "Love Story" which was filming in New York at that time.  He auditioned, got the job, worked on the film for about ten weeks and never looked back.

Following "Love Story", Gil began auditioning for and getting commercials for various national accounts, including Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co., Procter & Gamble products such as Dristan, Loving Care, Campbell’s Soups, etc.  All in all, Gil ended up starring in over 400 television commercials during the eight years he was in New York.  Gil also joined the cast of the Emmy Award winning "The Doctors". He played returned prisoner of war Dr. Alan Stewart for 3 and 1/2 years.

During this time, Gil formed an independent production company with two partners and produced a low-budget feature film entitled, "Hooch" and a Broadway musical, "The Amen Corner", based on James Baldwin's award-winning play of the same name.

It was also during this time that Gil was called to Hollywood to screen test for several new projects that were being considered.  He had also attracted the attention of top Hollywood agent Meyer Mishkin, who called him to the West coast to guest star in an episode of "Baretta" with Robert Blake.  While shooting this series at Universal Studios, Gil auditioned for and landed the role of Lee Grant's lover in "Airport '77".

After landing a guest starring role on "Little House on the Prairie" in which Gil played the role of an itinerant carpenter who built the Ingalls' kitchen and fell in love with Caroline Ingalls, Michael Landon offered him the lead in a new series he was producing and writing entitled, "Stone".  The series wasn't picked up by NBC but Gil was. He was offered the title role in a feature and series deal involving Universal Pictures and NBC entitled, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century".  The film was a huge commercial success, grossing over 11 million dollars in its opening weekend (this is in 1979 dollars, today's figure would approach 30 million dollars) becoming one of the top five grossing pictures of the year.

Gil followed the success of "Buck Rogers" with several highly rated M.O.W.s (movies of the week), including "Help Wanted: Male" with good friend Suzanne Pleshette, which garnered an impressive 47.7 rating share, making it the second highest rated TV movie in the history of television; "Not Just Another Affair", with Victoria Principal; "For Love or Money", again with Suzanne Pleshette; "Hear No Evil", portraying real life San Francisco detective Bill Zerbe deafened by an explosive attempt on his life by the Oakland- based "Hell's Angels", whom he was investigating for drug manufacturing and murder; and "Stormin' Home" in which he starred as an irresponsible ex-husband and father who dreams of becoming a champion Motocross rider and gaining the respect of his ten-year-old daughter.

Interspersed with these M.O.W.s were several series that included "Sidekicks" for ABC in which Gil starred as Detective Jake Rizzo, a disheveled but appealing bachelor who, unwillingly at first, becomes the guardian of an eleven-year-old martial arts expert played by Ernie Reyes, Jr.  A series for CBS entitled "E.A.R.T.H.  Force" followed in which Gil starred as the leader of an environmental task force charged with patrolling the world fighting environmental crime.  In a series for NBC and Aaron Spelling, Gil was reunited with good buddy Suzanne Pleshette for "Nightingales".  Two years hosting the Fox Television series, "Code 3" followed.

Gil produced, narrated and was the principal subject of a one-hour special documentary for the Discovery Health Channel entitled, "Action Hero Makeover" which aired on Jan. 10, ’07.  The documentary won an international award as the best medical documentary dealing with obesity. In addition, he filmed an MOW for the Fox T.V. Network entitled, "Beyond" in which he plays the commanding general of U.S. Space Command.  He has also completed filming of "Nuclear Hurricane" and  "Reptisaurus", "Dire Wolf" and "Ghost Town" which was filmed in Bulgaria, Gil’s first trip to Eastern Europe.

Gil enjoys tennis, golf, scuba diving, trap and skeet shooting and horseback riding.  He is also a licensed pilot and a published poet, having seen his work included in an anthology of American poets.

Gil’s many charitable endeavors have included serving on the board of  "People in Progress", an L.A. group committed to finding jobs and housing for homeless women with children. In addition he has been active for the past thirty years with Special Olympics and the Make-A-Wish foundation. He has also hosted several Celebrity Golf tournaments to benefit the Down Syndrome Foundation. He states that if it has to do with benefiting children in any way he’s there for it.

Alexis Cruz is an American actor, known for his performances as Rafael in Touched by an Angel and as Skaara in Stargate and Stargate SG-1. Cruz was born in The Bronx, New York of Puerto Rican descent. His mother, Julia, was a songwriter. He currently resides in Los Angeles. He started the actor´s career when he was 9. However, when he was 13, and was auditioning for a role, the director explained to him that he was a bad actor, at which he decided to enter the School for Performing Arts, the Fame school, that same year. He went to Boston University majoring in Independent Technical Theatre. Cruz appeared as assistant D.A. Martin Allende in the legal drama Shark, with co-stars James Woods and Jeri Ryan. Along with Erick Avari, he is the only other actor to appear in both the original Stargate movie and the spin-off series Stargate SG-1.

In 2006, Cruz received one of his highest billings to date as the impossibly hip and street-smart Martin Allende, a member of attorney Sebastian Shark's (James Woods) legal team.

What you might not know is that Alexis Cruz, through his company 929 Entertainment and its imprint, The Mythmaker Group, is joining the ranks of DIY comics creators to bring you Colin Rankine’s The Unprofessionals, the heartwarming story of “a sociopathic bromance.

Currently co-starring in the new Showtime series RAY DONOVAN with Liev Shreiber, John Voight and Elliot Gould, Denise Crosby may best be known for playing the role of Lt. Tasha Yar on one of the most popular TV series ever, STAR TREK, THE NEXT GENERATION. She later returned to play Tasha’s daughter “Sela” a role she helped create. Star Trek fans were thrilled this year by her addition to the STAR TREK MMPORG.

Denise co-starred alongside Fisher Stevens and Jennifer Tilly in the Fox series KEY WEST and has played recurring roles on the acclaimed series SOUTHLAND, MAD MEN, NYPD BLUE, THE X-FILES, and LOIS AND CLARK: THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN. She has guest starred in numerous TV series, most recently, DEXTER, CROSSING JORDAN and BONES.

She co-starred in Stephen King’s classic film, PET SEMATARY. Denise made her film debut in 48 Hours and went on to work with Blake Edwards in THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN and SKIN DEEP with the late John Ritter. She teamed up with Quentin Tarentino in JACKIE BROWN and Mimi Leder in DEEP IMPACT. Denise has worked in indie films such as the Sundance Film Festival Winner MIRACLE MILE and THE RED SHOE DIARIES directed by Zalman King.

Denise is also the Producer and Host of the feature documentary TREKKIES released by Paramount Pictures. The film reteams her with director Roger Nygard who directed her in the indie comedy HIGH STRUNG, written by comedian Steve Oedekerk. They have also worked together on the sequel, TREKKIES 2 currently out on Paramount Home Video. Denise currently resides in L.A. with her husband, writer Ken Sylk, their son, Augie, and three goldfish, two cats, and a very sweet Basset Hound named Clementine.

Mark Nasso specializes in sci-fi and fantasy illustration and over the past few years his work has appeared in several art exhibits in the Houston area. Since 2006 he has traveled around Texas promoting his graphic novel series Land of the Rats — a continuing epic telling the story of Jack Natari, a hybrid rat-human from the nation of Raelak and his adventures in the wasteland after being exiled from his home in Rat City.

Vivian Leflore Mora is a fine artist and illustrator whose home studio is based in Katy, Texas, just west of Houston. Vivian’s first memory is one in which she was drawing. She enjoys exploring different subjects, creative methods, and artistic styles. Vivian calls this a symptom of “artistic ADD”. Vivian’s most recent work includes abstract expression, inscribed paintings, and a comic fine art series featuring female superheroes which she began while in graduate school. Most of the characters are based on people in her life.

Vivian was born in the Mississippi Delta. She has resided in New Orleans, LA; and Madison, WI. Vivian’s home for the past 14 years has been Houston, Texas with her husband, daughter, and a rather precocious Cairn Terrier.

Education
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. Masters, 1994; Jackson State University, Jackson, MS. Bachelors, 1989; Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN and Rice University, Houston, TX. Continuing Art Studies.

Memberships
Katy Area Artists; Houston Art League

From 2002-2010, Robert wrote and illustrated the multi-award winning Eye Witness graphic novel series…which has been labeled, " Indiana Jones and Mission Impossible meet the Bible."  Both Robert and his epic tale have received coverage from such diverse media as: LA Times, Houston Chronicle, Washington Post, Fox News, USA Radio Network, Christianity Today, Publishers Weekly, Wizard and Comic Buyers Guide. In addition, Robert keeps busy as a animation story-board artist and creating a unique selection of iconic comic and pop culture character prints. 

You can view his work at: www.BobtheArtist.com & www.HeadPress.info

Artist Sam de la Rosa, native Texan, became a FULL-TIME comic book professional in 1982. That year he worked on Action Comics, Green Lantern, and World's Finest starring Batman and Superman.

Later that year he caught the eye of Marvel Comics when editor Mark Gruenwald and creator Bob Layton asked him to finish work on Layton’s Hercules which led to almost 2 decades of producing work for Marvel Comics.

Sam did inks/finishes on various Spider-Man titles, Spider Woman, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Iron Man (hey, it's the Avengers), Black Panther, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, Squadron Supreme, and many more.

On Marvel’s Epic Line Sam was chosen by creators Alan Weiss to work on Steelgrip Starkey and by Jim Starlin to ink a few hundred pages of Dreadstar (and some covers) pencilled by Starlin himself. He also found time to once again work for DC Comics on All Star Squadron, Captain Atom, Firestorm, Batman, Static, and Star Trek.

His work for other comic companies includes the very first Predator series in 1989 by Dark Horse Comics, Roger Rabbit for Disney Comics, Sable and also The Badger for First Comics, inking Sam Keith and Eric Shanower for Eclipse Comics, finishing art over Steve Ditko (Spider-Man’s co-creator) on The Hangman for Red Circle/Archie Publications, Malibu Comics, Lone Star Comics, Antarctic Press on Areala Warrior Nun, Popeye the Sailor for Ocean Comics, Supreme and Vanguard for Image Comics, Fleetway/Quality Comics inking about 100 covers mainly Judge Dredd covers, Comico Comics on Elementals with Bill Willingham pencils, and Acclaim Comics inking the great Dick Giordano on Sliders (based on the sci-fi tv show). Sam, as a teenager in the early 1970’s, even inked some The Phantom pages and War comics pages for his friend, Charlton Comics artist, Pat Boyette.

Sam also worked on several sci-fi comics like STAR TREK, STAR TREK TNG, the very first PREDATOR comic, SLIDERS (based on the tv show).

Sam's favorite work was always on SPIDER-MAN, VENOM, and CARNAGE! He worked on many high profile Spidey comics including the Maximum Carnage storyline and Venom Separation Anxiety (which both became video games), Spidey’s 30th Anniversary Hologram comics, the Spider-Man Clone storyline, Spider-Man Mutant Agenda, and Venom’s very first solo title comic book, the Lethal Protector series.

He worked on the black costumed Spider-Man (the Venom symbiote/black suit) in the very first year of it’s creation, 1984. Sam continues to do commission art and re-creations of all types. His original art cover to Venom Lethal Protector #1 recently sold at auction for over $28,600! You can find a partial checklist of his art credits on his web site samdelarosa.com and a more detailed but still incomplete one at http://www.comics.org/credit/name/Sam%20de%20la%20Rosa/sort/alpha/

Check out and his fan page at facebook.com/artistsamdelarosa

NYT Best-selling fantasy authors Tracy Hickman, with his wife Laura, are the creators of 'Dragonlance' and icons of fantasy novels and role-playing. Tracy has over fifty books in print and is a pioneer of New Media Publishing. His newest book (May 8th) is 'Wayne of Gotham', a Batman novel for DC Comics.

NYT Best-selling fantasy authors Tracy Hickman, with his wife Laura, began their journey across the 'Sea of Possibilities' as the creators of 'Dragonlance' and their voyage continues into new areas with the release of Tracy's second novel in his 'Drakis' trilogy, his 'Fireborn: Embers of Atlantis' for Fantasy Flight Games and his current work on 'Wayne of Gotham', a Batman novel for DC Comics. Tracy has over fifty books currently in print in most languages around the world. A record of both Tracy and Laura's DNA currently orbits on the international space station and he is the designer, writer and editor of the first science-fiction movie actually filmed in space.

Tracy Hickman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 26th, 1955. He graduated Provo High School in 1974 where his major interests were in Drama, music and Air Force JROTC. In 1975, Tracy began two years of service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons). His initial posting was for six months in Hawaii before his visa was approved and he moved on to his final calling in the nation of Indonesia. There, he served as a missionary in Surabaya, Djakarta and the mountain city of Bandung before being released honorably in 1977. As a result, Tracy can still speak conversational Indonesian and occasionally basis his magical phrases on that language.

Tracy married his High School sweetheart, Laura Curtis, within four months of his returning to the United States. They have been married ever since and are the parents of four children.

Tracy has worked as a supermarket stockboy, a movie projectionist, a theater manager, a glass worker, a television assistant director, and a drill press operator in a genealogy center. It was in 1981 — between jobs and wanting to buy shoes for his children — that he approached TSR about buying two of his modules . . . and ended up with a job instead. That job lead to his association with Margaret Weis and their first publication together: the Dragonlance Chronicles.

Since that time in 1985, they have jointly authored over forty book titles. Tracy’s first two solo novels, “Requiem of Stars” and “The Immortals” were published in the spring of 1996.

More recently, Tracy and his wife Laura have been able to fulfill a long-time dream; they once again are writing together. Their first joint novel, MYSTIC WARRIOR, was published in 2004 followed by MYTIC QUEST and MYSTIC EMPIRE. They also wrote the adventure 'Out in the Black' for the 'Serenity' role playing game. Their current project is 'Dragon's Bard' (http://dragonsbard.com/) where they are writing a fantasy series exclusively for subscribers. They are also personally producing and conducting online writing seminars and workshops in speculative fiction (http://scribesforge.com/).

The second book in Tracy's 'Annals of Drakis' trilogy is scheduled for release in July of this year and his novel for Fantasy Flight Games entitled 'Fireborn: Embers of Atlantis' for September. His newest release (May 8th) is 'Wayne of Gotham' ... a Batman novel for DC Comics.

Tracy remains highly active in his church and pursues a number of hobbies including guitar, singing, piano, models, DVD and Bluray movies (although he STILL maintains that HD-DVD was a better format), computer games, television production and animation. He loves to read biographies, histories and popular science books -- especially now on his Kindle Fire.

Tracy currently resides with his wife and writing partner Laura in South Jordan, Utah.

On March 22, 1974, Ari Marmell was hatched out of an egg laid by a rooster on the night of the full moon. Due a mix-up, he wound up in the infant ward at a hospital in New York, where he was claimed as a (relatively) normal human and taken home. He and his family fled New York barely a year later, either because his father received a job offer in Houston, or because they were chased by angry mobs with pitchforks; reports are unclear.

For the next 27 years, Ari lived in Houston. His father told him bedtime stories when he was in preschool and kindergarten, stories without which he might never have become a writer. He received his first roleplaying game--the red Dungeons & Dragons boxed set--at age 9, and the AD&D Players Handbook followed less than a year later. He spent very little time on class work or studies for the next, oh, 13 years, instead spending his efforts on far more important things like fighting orcs, riding dragons, and rescuing extremely beautiful princesses.

Ari went to college at the University of Houston. He began in the Psychology program, but quickly changed his major to Creative Writing. It was in the first week of class that he met his wife-to-be, who goes by the name of George. (No, it's not short for Georgia, Georgette, Georgiana, or anything else that could possibly make sense.) It was also in college that he wrote his first novel, one that he is now determined will never see the light of day, and charitably calls a "learning experience."

In short, Ari graduated in late '96, married George in March of 1997, honeymooned in New Orleans, worked several jobs he hated for the next several years, and quit the last of them in 2000 due to ongoing health issues. During this time, he wrote four more novels, two of which are actually pretty decent. It was also during this time that he managed to break into the roleplaying industry, having attracted the attention of Justin Achilli (developer of Vampire: The Masquerade) with a project submission inspired by his trip to New Orleans.

He and George moved to Austin in mid-2001 so George could attend graduate school while Ari continued to work as a freelance writer. They live there today, along with a large orange cat named Leloo and a smaller gray cat named Pippin who seems unable to grasp the notion that strings, ribbons, and plastic bags do not make up a viable part of the food chain. His first published novel, Gehenna: The Final Night, appeared on shelves in January of 2004.

Today, Ari is shifting his focus from freelancing to more fiction and novel-writing. His second novel, Agents of Artifice, was released by Wizards of the Coast in February of '09. His third novel, The Conqueror's Shadow, was released by Spectra in February 2010. (This was his first published non-tie-in novel.)

Ari's novels include The Warlord's Legacy (Spectra, 2011), the Goblin Corps (Pyr Books 2011), and Household Gods (Pyr Books, 2012). You can learn more about him, and keep up with his news and release schedule, at http://www.mouseferatu.com.

On February 1, 2012, it was revealed Marmell would also pen a novel set in the Darksiders universe. Darksiders is a video game series published by THQ and developed by Vigil Games. It was created by comic-book artist, Joe Madureira. The novel is titled Darksiders: The Abomination Vault and will be published by Random House Publishing Group. The novel is set thousands of years before the events in the games. It centers around the adventures of Death and War, two of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

For fans of the worlds of Privateer Press, Ari's newest book will come out in the summer of 2013, just in time for you to grab a copy to get signed at Space City Con!

His works for Dungeons & Dragons include: Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (2006, with Robin Laws), (2007, with Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, and Greg A. Vaughan), Elder Evils (2007), Exemplars of Evil (2007), Tome of Magic (2006, with Matthew Sernett, Dave Noonan, and Ari Marmell), Player's Handbook II (2006)

He has also done work for Green Ronin Publishing on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and he has contributed to Witch Hunter: The Invisible World for Paradigm Concepts (2007).

Additional role-playing work includes the A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying game, and additional work for Black Industries, Fantasy Flight Games, and several other companies.

Schwalb became the writer for the online version of the popular Dragon column "Demonomicon of Iggwilv" in 2008, having thus far contributed articles for Yeenoghu and Baphomet.

Schwalb also co-wrote Divine Power, a 4th Edition D&D supplement, which made the Wall Street Journal Best-Seller list for July 2009.

In 2012, Schwalb became one of the lead designers for the next edition of Dungeons & Dragons, "D&D Next"

Awards

• Grimm> (Fantasy Flight Games), designer - 2004 Silver ENnie Award for Best d20 Game
• Book of Fiends (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2004 Silver ENnie for Best Revision, Update or Compilation
• Advanced Bestiary (Green Ronin Publishing), developer - 2005 Silver ENnie for Best Monster or Adversary Product
• Black Company campaign setting (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2005 Silver ENnie for Best Campaign Setting or Setting Supplement
• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (Black Industries), additional design - 2005 Gold ENnie for Best Game
• Tome of Horrors 3 (Necromancer Games), additional design - 2006 Gold ENnie for Best Adversary/Monster Product
• Children of the Horned Rat (Black Industries), design and development - 2007 Silver ENnie for Best Writing
• Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Lure of the Liche Lord (Black Industries), additional design and development - 2007 Gold ENnie for Best Adventure
• Elder Evils (Wizards of the Coast), lead designer - 2008 Silver ENnie for Best Monster/Adversary
• Pirate's Guide to Freeport (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2008 Silver ENnie for Best Setting
• A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2009 Silver ENnie for Best Rules
• Player's Handbook 3 (Wizards of the Coast), designer - 2010 Silver ENnie for Best Supplement
• Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide - 2011 nomination for Best Games Supplement Origins award

Imagine a Venn diagram with two circles. One circle is labeled "writing." The other's labeled "game design." Right in the middle, where the two overlap, there's a tall guy in glasses who probably needs a haircut. He looks up, sees you looking at him, and waves.

That guy is veteran writer and game designer Darrell Hardy, who will be wearing his glasses and probably needing a haircut at Space City Con 2013 this summer.

Darrell has been combining the peanut butter of games with the jelly of stories for over a decade. He got his start on tabletop games with Fantasy Flight Games, where he helped develop worlds and game systems for such games as RUNEBOUND, the FIREBORN roleplaying game, and the CALL OF CTHULHU collectible card game.

In 2008, Darrell jumped into video game development with Sony Online Entertainment. Here he helped design online strategy games for EVERQUEST, STAR WARS GALAXIES, and FREE REALMS, and served as the narrative designer on MAGIC: THE GATHERING - TACTICS.

Since 2011, Darrell has been been carving out a niche as a freelance writer and game designer. His recent projects include the BIG BANG THEORY: MYSTIC WARLORDS OF KA'A online card game, and the SILVER TABLET expansion for the MANSIONS OF MADNESS board game. This year will see the release of several new games from Darrell, including the roleplaying games KARTHADOR, MIND STRIKE, and ANOINTED: MANTLE OF THE GODS, as well as Dark Skull Studios' new online strategy game NEW GODS OF RAANON.

You can follow Darrell on Twitter at @HardyTales as he tweets from the center of his own personal Venn diagram. Or to see what crazy game-writing adventure he's on this week, stop by www.darrellhardy.com, where the coffee's always hot and the pie is to die for.

It's hard to pin down Salamoff to one particular profession. An over twenty-year veteran of the industry, he has found success as a Writer, Producer, Film Executive, Comic Book Creator, Author, and originally as a Special F/X Make-Up Artist.

Born in Natick, MA, he was raised on a healthy diet of sci-fi and horror from the age of five. After high school, he moved to California to attend film school at USC. Salamoff parlayed his obsession for genre filmmaking into a successful run as a professional Special F/X Make-Up Artist.  In his years doing FX, he worked on over forty films, ten television series, and numerous commercials.

His Film & TV writing credits include The Dead Hate The Living (co-written with Dave Parker), The St. Francisville Experiment and Alien Siege for the SyFy channel. He was recently named one of The Tracking Board’s Top 100 up & coming Screenwriters and has just sold two feature films: Population: ME to Noel Clarke’s Unstoppable Ent. and The Last Breath… to Eric Gitter & Peter Schwerin’s Chickie The Cop Productions.

He is also author of the novel The Silent Planet and two non-fiction books: ON THE SET: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette (which is in its 3rd Edition) and The Complete DVD Book: Design, Production and Marketing (co-written with Chris Gore).

As a Comic Creator, Salamoff is the writer of a number of comic book series including Vincent Price Presents, Black Scorpion and the critically acclaimed Logan’s Run: Last Day, Logan’s Run: Aftermath as well as the upcoming Logan’s Run: Rebirth written with William F. Nolan.  He is also the creator of the original graphic novels: Discord and the upcoming Tales of Discord.

In 2005 Salamoff became Vice President of Production for David Lancaster Productions working on Wes Craven's The Breed and Hollow Man 2. After a successful merge with Bold Films, he became their Vice President of Production and worked on such films as Legion, Bobby and Starship Troopers: Marauder. After leaving Bold, he accepted the position of President of Production for Rat Bastard Productions working on the upcoming festival darling Down For Life.

Having been involved with The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films for over twelve years; he produced the 22nd, 23rd, 33rd, 34th and 35th Saturn Awards. Salamoff has also produced Video Game TV/Web Development Diaries and Trailers working on such high-profile projects as Reckoning: Kingdoms of Amalur, The Adventures of Tintin, Bulletstorm, Mafia 2, Mass Effect 2, Gears of War 2 and Dead Space.