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Actress and former model Brooklyn Danielle Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, the oldest child of Tessa Renee (Moore), a nurse, and Stephen Michael Decker, a pacemaker salesman. She has a younger brother, Jordan. Decker has German, English, and Irish ancestry. When she was a teenager, she was discovered by a talent spotter in a shopping mall in Charlotte, North Carolina and embarked on a modeling career. Her first modeling engagement was for a prom dress maker.

Huge modeling success followed, with Decker appearing in various magazines and campaigns. In 2006, she appeared in her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Decker appeared again in the 2007 and 2008 issues, and was the cover girl in 2010. Alongside modeling, Decker began acting, winning roles in TV series such as Chuck (2007), Royal Pains (2009) and Ugly Betty (2006). She then moved on to movie projects, including Just Go with It (2011), Battleship (2012) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012).

Since 2009, Decker has been married to tennis player Andy Roddick.

The relentless pursuit of his childhood dreams made Rob Dyrdek a professional athlete at 16 years old and propelled him into the world of business before most people entered college. Surrounded by entrepreneurs in his youth, Dyrdek quickly learned the power of building brands. At 18 years old, he used that knowledge to create his first company.

This "outlier" experience helped him to develop and grow both his brands and increase the value of his brand partners as he was quickly becoming an influential professional skateboarder. By leveraging his influence and designing new concepts and ideas, he helped turn a rising footwear and apparel brand into a $500 million international company. He used that same expertise to build skate brands later in his career, launching the world's first true professional skateboarding league Street League Skateboarding and a first of its kind skateboarding channel, ETN.

That same approach to brand development led him to co-create and executive produce his first television show, Rob & Big on MTV. After the success of this first show, he created Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory showcasing his Do-Or-Dier® mentality towards entrepreneurship. Constantly evolving and taking calculated risks, Dyrdek beat world records with his physical feats while continuing his endeavors, launching several new brands while structuring multi-platform integrated partnerships.

Dyrdek continued in his television success with the launch of his production company, Superjacket. In this role, he created Ridiculousness, yet another big hit television show, followed by hits like Nickelodeon's Mega Life & Crashletes and CMT's The Dude Perfect Show. With Ridiculousness on its 10th season on MTV, Dyrdek created a brand-new talent competition show, Amazingness, his fourth show on their network.

Using this expertise gained developing the intersection between business and media, he went on to not only invest in new ventures but also help successfully amplify their brand. With his extensive knowledge, experience, and insight gained over two decades of building his intellectual properties and working with top brands around the world, he started developing the groundwork for his full-service venture studio, Dyrdek Machine.

His unquenchable desire to live life to the fullest pushed him to develop a strategy for success in life, not unlike the formula he created for his venture studio. Following his life plan for happiness, balance, and love while still achieving greatness in his career, Dyrdek now enjoys a fulfilling life with his family in Beverly Hills and continues to build his dream as he had not only envisioned but designed it.

Michael McKiddy was seen at the age of 5 in his first television appearance on the "The Uncle Al TV Show" in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly after that his parents took him to see "Back to the Future," and from that moment on, he told everyone he met that he wanted to be an actor.

Growing up in Springboro, Ohio, Michael spent every spare moment of his teenage years writing and filming movies and skits with his childhood friends, stating this was "an incredible acting/filmmaking class in itself." But it took him 5 years after relocating with his family to Sterling Heights, Michigan, during his senior year at Utica High School, to gather enough nerve to audition for the school's Fall musical "Oklahoma!" He successfully landed a role, and was overwhelmed by the camaraderie involved in putting a show together.

Officially bitten by the acting bug, Michael spent the next 8 years studying acting and performing in front of sold out audiences in theaters throughout Southeastern Michigan, as he starred in over 40 plays and musicals. He won numerous awards, like the Gypsy Robe for his portrayal of Ellard Simms, a slow minded Southern boy, in Larry Shue's "The Foreigner." He also took home three different awards at Grosse Pointe Theatre for: Best Featured Male as Vinnie Bavasi in Neil Simon's "Proposals"; Best Supporting Male as Stanley in "Brighton Beach Memoirs"; and Best Leading Male as Nick in "Over the River and Through the Woods."

In addition to his onstage performances, Michael was involved in various local films in the Detroit area; having roles that would place him in front of and behind the camera, satisfying his eagerness to continue learning all aspects of filmmaking. At age 19, he landed the lead role of Patrick Hill, a recovering heroin addict who learns he has contracted AIDS, in the gritty feature film "After April."

After being cast in 4 additional local features, Michael was chosen to play the character Brad, a supporting role opposite Shanti Lowry ("The Game"), Melissa Schuman ("Love Don't Cost a Thing"), and Scott Vickaryous ("Get Real") in the film "Silent Scream", produced by Bob Brown (Jeff Daniel's partner at Purple Rose Films), which was picked up by Lionsgate, and can be found at all online retailers.

He can also be seen as the lead role in the hilarious feature film "Deadheads" (which can be seen all over the world; the film sold out two screenings at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival, a third show was even added; then also in July 2011 it sold out a 530 seat theater at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival; "DeadHeads" was screened to sold out audiences at the 2011 Albuquerque Film Festival, then at UK's Film4 FrightFest in Liecester Square; Screamfest in LA; and then Toronto After Dark and the Austin Film Festival - where all three screenings sold out - among dozens of other major festivals).

Michael also starred in a short film called "Suck" (directed by Ben Ketai - "The Strangers: Prey At Night") which screened at Screamfest 2007 at the Chinese Theatre in LA; Michael also played Nico Wexler for two seasons in Ketai's hit Sony series "StartUp;" as well as written/acted in/produced/directed numerous short films (including "The Men's Room," which was a finalist in the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" short film contest) and a web series called "Paranormal, Burbank" (a loose spoof of the hit Sci Fi channel show "Ghost Hunters"), which can be seen all over the Internet.

Also a writer, Michael watched his first full length play "The Scene with the Large Man" (which he also produced and directed), come to life when it premiered in Michigan in June 2005. Later in that same month, "Aisle Two" - a one act play he wrote - was produced off Broadway at the Sargent Theatre in New York City. In September 2011 his one act play "Evidence" was produced at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in NYC.

He has completed the screenplays: "Reenactment," "Mulher," "In Between Fading," "Shooting Blanks" - which he co-wrote with USC grad and former Netflix's "Ozark" writer/producer Ryan Farley - and "Aurora" - also with Ryan Farley; as well as the stage plays "Love(HATE)," "Fake," and "Hilarity Ensues." His screenplay "Maybe Someday" was produced by Cynthia J. Popp and Christy Dooley ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), which is now available on Amazon and iTunes; Michael played the lead in the film alongside Kim Matula ("Fighting With My Family"), Ser'Darius Blain ("Jumanji," "Charmed"), Saige Ryan Campbell ("I Heart Huckabees"), Sam Anderson ("Lost," "Forrest Gump"), Charlie Robinson ("Night Court"), Alley Mills ("The Wonder Years"), Eden Malyn ("Orange is the New Black"), and Emily Kuroda ("Gilmore Girls").

Michael was also a company member with the prestigious Road Theatre Company in North Hollywood, CA for over 5 years. While there, one of his proudest achievements was as the producer of the critically acclaimed World Premiere of Keith Huff's (author of "A Steady Rain," which ran on Broadway and starred Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig) "Pursued By Happiness" at The Road Theatre Company from March-June 2011.

Outside of the film business, Michael is a singer/songwriter and has recorded his music with his band Right on Wagner (three ROW songs are featured in his film "DeadHeads," especially the song "Say Hi" which plays throughout the last ten minutes of the film and into the credits). ROW's music can be found on iTunes.

Michael is a proud member of the Screen Actor's Guild-AFTRA & Actor's Equity Association.

Kevin Kramer was born on 24 August 1976 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He is a writer, known for Harvey Beaks (2015), Chowder (2007) and Launch (2001).

Alicia Conway was born and raised in Kettering, Ohio. She earned her B.A. in Film Production from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and then relocated to Los Angeles in 1999.

Alicia began her professional career working in film festivals, first at Florida Film Festival, then at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, and finally at USC's First Look student festival. She next worked as a producer, director and writer for documentary-style television, and her credits include shows for Fox, F/X, TLC, Fine Living, Paramount, and HGTV.

She wrote and directed the short film Rite, which was an official selection of Sundance 2009. Rite was her debut film.

Alicia has produced a number of award-winning short films, including Conversations and Hate or Date, and she also directs theatre.

She is married to director Ben Rock.

Michael Ingersoll was born in 1978 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Walk the Line (2005), The Beast (2009) and Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland (2018).

Brent was born in Kettering, Ohio. He is the oldest of two and was raised in NE Ohio and where he resides with his wife and family. Putting on a show has always been a passion; from being on-stage in a grade school production to high school theater where he was in charge of lighting, sound and SFX. This led to concert lighting crew work in the Cleveland, Akron, and Pittsburgh areas prior to going to college. He was even a production assistant on Americas Funniest Home Videos back in 1989 for their pilot episode. While at the University of Akron, he was cast with the Walt Disney World College Program in Orlando, FL and got to see the magic behind the scenes for nine months.

As comic book fan, his most memorable project to date was Marvel's "The Avengers". Brent went to an open casting call with about 10,000 other hopefuls and was selected to be Tom Hiddleston's (Loki) stand-in while filming in Worthington, PA. Upon completion he was also was asked if he'd like to be in front of the camera for a week of overnights in Cleveland, OH.

Working on Marvel's "The Avengers" lit a fire and Brent has played a number of roles in his short acting career including joining SAG-AFTRA in early 2013. Film and TV are a passion, whether on the production side or in front of the camera. Brent has even trained and worked with Stunt Predators USA and performed as a stunt double.

Michael Piekutowski was born on 23 July 1978 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Transformers (2007), Furious 7 (2015) and Hard Candy (2005).

Rawk Haze was born on 28 October 1984 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He is a director and editor, known for 42 (2015), Criada De Leche (2017) and ConsumerISM (2017).

Brooke Cierra was born on 19 September 1999 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for SpeakEasy (2026), Nothing ever Happens and The Bikeriders (2023).

Arizona Craycraft was born on 1 September 1994 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Divine Decision: Double Down (2021), The Funhouse Massacre (2015) and Promises to Keep (2020).

Paul Anthony Olive was born on 29 December 1970 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and art director, known for Captivity (2007), The Door (2009) and Death of a Dynasty (2003).

Brent White was born on 19 December 1969 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Golden Blade III: Return of the Monkey's Uncle (2007).

Katy Branson was born on 4 October 1987 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. She is known for True Detective (2014), A to Z (2014) and American Ninja Warrior (2009).

Erich Amerine was born on 2 November 1993 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for The Hardest Thing to Earn (2015) and Unfortunate Tales of Unfortunate People (2019).

Daerick Gross was born on 28 January 1947 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. He died on 9 December 2023 in Simi Valley, California, USA.

Laura Vikmanis was born on 10 September 1968 in Kettering, Ohio, USA. Laura is a writer, known for The Sidelines.