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- Started his acting career in theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after graduating from York University's Theatre program with an Honours degree.
While continuing to develop as an actor and building a body of work in Theatre, Film, TV, Commercials, and Voice, he was selected from a national search as a member of a prestigious professional development/training program for classical theatre - the Birmingham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival of Canada in 2005. Subsequently spent three seasons at the Stratford Festival, appearing in numerous productions (Shakespeare and other classical works).
Has lent his voice to radio dramas for CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and few video games.
Represented Canada with Toronto-based Roseneath Theatre's show, "Head à Tête," in the 2002 International Children's Theatre Festival in Singapore.
Plays guitar and sings; appeared as a Guest Singer/Song-writer on Rogers' TV Talk Show, DayTime.
Has practiced Kuk Sool Won Hapkido, a Korean martial-art system, since he was 16 years old. - Nikkita Chadha is a British Actress and Dancer from London, UK. Her heritage is Indian. Since a young age Nikkita was training and performing in all dance styles including Ballet, Tap, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip-Hop and Commercial and Musical Theatre. She also performs classical Indian Dance style called 'Kathak' and Bollywood. Since graduating from drama school in London, Nikkita has had many different opportunities working in TV and Film as well as working with huge brands featuring in their campaigns and commercials. She can speak Hindi and is very proud of her South Asian heritage.
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Mena was born in Cairo, Egypt and raised in Markham, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Toronto for Neuroscience before transferring to Ryerson University's notable theater program and graduating with a BFA in acting. He got his first big break starring in ABC Spark & Teen Nick's mystery-drama television series "Open Heart" as "Jared Malik."
After several years of acting in high-profile television and film projects, Massoud went on to star as "Tarek Kassar" in the highly-anticipated series "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan".
In 2018 it was announced that, after an extensive worldwide search and multiple auditions, he had landed the coveted role of "Aladdin" in the Disney live-action remake of "Aladdin," directed by Guy Ritchie.
After leading "Aladdin" to the highly coveted $1 Billion Dollar mark at the box office, Massoud went on to star in Netflix's "The Royal Treatment" which became its #1 film worldwide for several weeks in a row in 2022.
Outside of acting, he's passionate about staying active and healthy. Sports like basketball have always been an important part of his life. During his high-school years, he was a member of the Ontario Basketball Association. He also has a passion for recreational horseback riding and the environment.- Actor
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Jake Choi is an American actor born and raised in Queens, New York.
Choi received his training at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. He also studied with renowned teachers Bob Krakower and Ted Sluberski.
He has performed throughout New York on stage, film and TV. Choi currently resides in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as Danny Araujo on the award-winning TV movie drama A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series Caprica (2009) as well as becoming series regular role the CW's Aliens in America (2007). Recently receiving notice amongst a wide audience with his lead role as Beck on Nickelodeon's Emmy nominated series Victorious (2010), Avan can now be seen as Danny Desai on ABC Family's Twisted (2013).
Having a special interest in youth human rights and equality, Avan lends his support to many charitable organizations: as a Peace First Ambassador for Peacefirst.org, host of the PBS series "Reel Works," and founder of the national charitable organization Straight But Not Narrow.- Actor
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Ken Kirby was born on 1 March 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Good Trouble (2019), Dynasty (2017) and The Gifted (2017).- Actor
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Evan Evagora was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. His mother Marie is of New Zealand and Cook Island Maori descent and moved from Auckland at the age of 20. His father, Xristos immigrated to Australia from his homeland of Cyprus at the age of three.
The youngest of seven siblings, Evan grew up excelling in sports, learning boxing at a very young age (instructed by his father, an ex professional) as well as playing Australian football. His family also pushed him to pursue his creative interests, having starred in school productions throughout primary school.
As he entered high school Evan's focus shifted primarily to sports, winning a state boxing championship as well competing in football finals. At the end of his schooling Evan took a gap year across Europe with a group of friends before enrolling into film school. During his study he was scouted and then later moved to Sydney to pursue his acting career- Jay Lycurgo was born on 6 February 1998 in England. He is an actor, known for The Batman (2022), Titans (2018) and Eternal Return.
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Praneet Akilla is an award winning Indian-Canadian Actor & Producer best known for his leading roles on The CW's Nancy Drew, Disney Freeform's Motherland Fort Salem, and Netflix's October Faction. He is a series lead on the Canadian Screen Award nominated medical drama -Skymed- on CBC Gem & Paramount Plus. Over the last 3 years Praneet has made the successful transition into producing a variety of critically acclaimed short films and digital series with his new production company Akilla Express, focusing on telling unique, genre-bending stories from a Third Culture Global Majority perspective.
Praneet produced and starred in the critically- acclaimed short film "Mom vs Machine". The short film has 6 Leo Nominations (B.C. Film & Television Awards) including Best Short Drama. With stops at Fantasia Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival, Reelworld Film Festival, and Brooklyn Horror Festival- the short film premiered on the Sci-Fi Streaming Platform- DUST in 2023. Praneet also produced a Telus Funded short film entitled Not For Us (Whistler Film Festival Premiere 2023, Vancouver Short Film Festival- Best After Dark Short Film Nomination). He is in development on a TV adaptation of the celebrated Canadian novel Junie with 100 Dragons Media Inc. and a new comedy/musical series called Raksha with funding from IPF & Canada Media Fund. Praneet is a recent graduate of the National Screen Institute of Canada's Access BIPOC Producers program.- Actor
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Lewis Tan is a half Chinese half English, film, television and theatre actor. He played as the series regular Gaius Chau on season three of AMC's "Into The Badlands" ; Lu Xin Lee on Netflix's first Asian American original series "Wu Assassins" and many films including the record breaking Marvel film "Deadpool 2" and most recently the lead role in James Wans Warner Bros reboot of "Mortal Kombat"
Born in Manchester, England to a fashion model Joanne Cassidy and national champion martial artists Philip Tan. Lewis moved to Los Angeles at a young age as his father was making a mark on action cinema as a stuntman and fight choreographer working on legendary films like "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "Batman" and "Tango and Cash". Lewis began learning martial arts from his father while at the same time attending theatre school. Lewis had multiple honors in school as well as winning many amateur fights in kickboxing and Muay Thai.
After graduating Lewis began his professional career guest starring in TV shows from "CSI:NY", "CSI:Miami", "Hawaii 5-0" to his first major films including "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", and "Den of Thieves".
At the same time Lewis gained notable fame as a fashion model. He signed with Wilhelmina modeling agency and secured a contract as the face of Nivea in Asia for a few years doing numerous campaigns and commercials. He did many editorial ads including Diesel, Dolce and Gabanna, Puma and Levi's.
Lewis was then picked by Forest Whitaker to play the lead in the indie drama "Sacrifice", this was the start of his film career. The film won awards at many film festivals, it was then that Lewis received world wide attention for his guest role in Marvel's "Iron Fist" where he played the drunken master "Zhou Cheng", the scene was top ten most paused Netflix moments of the year and the scene received a viral campaign with fans asking for a more prominent role.
Lewis is known for performing his own action scenes and got the attention of the show runners Al Gough and Miles Milar of AMC's "Into the Badlands", securing him a lead role in season 3 of the show, led by famous choreographer from "Kill Bill" and "The Matrix" Master Dee Dee. His role on the show and his action ability gained him more critical acclaim.
In 2018 Lewis began filming a lead role in Netflix's Asian American action series "Wu Assassins" along side Kathryn Winnick and Iko Uwais. He plays the flamboyant gangster Lu Xin Lee, the show premiered to great reviews both with fans and critics.
Lewis continues to be a strong voice in the Asian American media as an advocate for diversity and original story telling.
In 2019 Lewis was cast as the lead role in James Wan's reboot of "Mortal Kombat" for Warner Brothers and New Line. The film was released April 23, 2021 in theaters and HBO Max on the same day. The film's trailer broke the record for most watched R rated film of all time and is the most watched WB film.
In 2021 Lewis will star in the Netflix action film "Fistful of Vengeance" and alongside Emma Roberts in the romance comedy "About Fate". He is also producing and starring in the spy series "Quantum Spy" with partner Tony Krantz and is in development for his first feature film as a director.- Actor
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Aramis Knight born October 3, 1999 in Woodland Hills, California. At age 4, his mother, enrolled him in an acting workshop. In 2005, Aramis began acting in commercials and playing minor screen roles. Since then, he has guest starred and appeared as recurring characters on multiple television series, including Rizzoli & Isles, Royal Pains, Psych, NCIS, Lost, Dexter and Cold Case. One of Aramis' most notable roles is Bean in the film "Ender's Game". His previous film roles include The Dark Knight Rises, Crossing Over and Rendition. Aramis has also done voice acting for multiple projects, including Shrek Forever After and Happy Feet II. He made his MCU debut as Red Dagger in the Disney+ show "Ms. Marvel".- Actor
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Mawaan's writing credit on Netflix' 'Sex Education' and comedy performances on 'Live at the Apollo' & 'Taskmaster' have earned him a spot on Forbes' 30 under 30 list. As an actor, he's starred in 'Two Weeks To Live' (Sky), 'Carnage' (BBC), as well as his own BBC3 series 'Juice', which he has also written and exec-produced.- South Korean model-turned-actor Hoyeon received international recognition and critical acclaim after the global success of the Netflix original series, Squid Game, in which she played Kan Sae-byeok, also known as Player 067. For her breakout performance on the show, Hoyeon won the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Hailing from Myeonmok-dong, a suburb of Seoul, Hoyeon began her career as a freelance model in 2011 walking in Seoul Fashion Week. She competed on the fourth season of Korea's Next Top Model and placed as a runner-up. In 2016, she got her big international break when she landed an exclusive global contract with Louis Vuitton. Since then, she has starred in campaigns and walked the runway for designers such Chanel, Fendi, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs, and Moschino to name a few. She has also appeared in numerous fashion magazines including international editions of Vogue, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, W, V, and countless others. - Writer
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- Miriam Hie was born on 14 June 1978 in Steyr, Austria. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Vienna Blood (2019) and SOKO Linz (2022).
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Jassa Ahluwalia was born on 12 September 1990 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Heart's Ease (2018), 50 Kisses (2014) and Peaky Blinders (2013).- Originally born and raised in Australia, Chris relocated to the United Kingdom in early 2012. He has since worked with some of the most reputable institutions in the country, including the National Theatre, Shakespeares Globe and various West End Theatres. Chris' most recent stage credit was for Heathers the Musical, directed by Andy Fickman (She's the Man, Playing with Fire) and written by Kevin Murphy (Desperate housewives) and Larry O'Keefe (Legally Blonde the musical). He can be heard on the West End Cast Recording originating the song "You're Welcome" with fellow cast members Dominic Andersen and Carrie Hope Fletcher.
- Peter Kim is an accomplished actor, award winning producer, director and teacher in New York City. He starred in Wild Goose Dreams at The Public Theater and has appeared on Broadway in the TONY winning musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie. He has created roles in a number of world premiere plays Off-Broadway and regionally. Film & TV credits include GEN V, The 40-Year-Old Version (Sundance Film Festival 2020 Award Winner), The God Committee with Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles, Saturday Church (2017 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award), The English Teacher, Margin Call, Sex and the City, Hackers, After Forever, Chicago Med, Louie, Ugly Betty, Law & Order: Criminal Intent. As Creative Producer of NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), the company has received OBIE awards and Drama League and Drama Desk Award nominations. He has taught at Princeton University and is the co-creator of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy, "SIDES: The Fear is Real...". He is a Steering Committee member of AAPAC (Asian American Performers Action Coalition) who received an OBIE Award and TONY Honor. He recently produced Radha Blank's exhibition room for the The Costume Institute's In America: An Anthology of Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is a recipient of the 2020 Rising Leaders of Color grant from TCG (Theatre Communications Group) and the Lilah Kan Red Socks Award. He holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama and a BFA from New York University.
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Kapil Talwalkar is an Indian-American actor. He was raised in the Bay Area by Umesh and Uma Talwalkar, tech industry professionals, and he has a sister, Mira, who is also an actor. While studying acting at the University of Southern California, his professional stage debut came during school when he was cast in a lead role alongside C.S. Lee of Dexter fame in East West Players' critically acclaimed production of Animals Out of Paper. After graduation he remained in LA to start his film and television career.