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Originally from New Jersey, Brian Geraghty graduated from The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre and then began his professional career in New York City before moving to Los Angeles. He has previously enjoyed being a surf instructor and continues to surf in his free time. He is perhaps best known for his role "Ronald " on big sky

East Coaster Thomas Barbusca followed his older sister Brielle's footsteps in to acting when he was just a toddler. At 6 the industry brought Thomas to Los Angeles, when his sister Brielle, booked a series regular role on the hit USA series The Starter Wife.

In Los Angeles, ginger haired Thomas quickly became a favorite amongst commercial ad agencies; booking award winning campaigns for products like Dominos, Ford, Kraft, JC Penney, & Lunchables; just to name a few. Was not long after that, that Thomas began booking television on shows like Body of Proof (ABC), The New Girl (FOX), Sam & Cat (Nickelodeon), Anger Management (FX), and The Thunderman's (Nickelodeon). Thomas also began recurring on shows like The New Normal (NBC) & Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

In 2015 Thomas began work on the Wet Hot American Summer reboot for Netflix. Thomas' witty remarks as Camper Drew, quickly gained Hollywood's attention; making him one of the breakout stars of the series. Post Wet Hot, Thomas began work, recurring on American Horror Story:Hotel (FX), as well as Preacher (AMC). In between filming both shows, Thomas also found time take flight as Peter Pan in the 2015-16 Geico commercial campaign.

Coming up in 2016 you can catch Thomas in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life for CBS Films; based on the James Patterson book series, and coming up in 2017, you can catch Thomas weekly in The Mick on Fox.

Charley Parlapanides, a writer and producer, was born in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is best known for his work on Blood of Zeus (2020), Death Note (2017), and Immortals (2011). A graduate of Swarthmore College and Loyola Law School, Charley has been married to his wife Elenie since 2006.

In 2025, Charley and his brother, Vlas Parlapanides, received a Writers Guild of America nomination for their script "Winter is Born," the third episode of the second season of their animated series Blood of Zeus.

Santina Muha was born in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for One Day at a Time (2017), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) and Greener Grass (2019).

Todd Zelin was born on 1 July 1976 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for The Righteous Gemstones (2019), The Uninvited (2024) and Arrested Development (2003).

Actor Jared Gertner has worked in theatre, TV, film, commercials, and voice over. He is best known for his role as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, the First National Tour, and in London's West End, where he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical.

Gertner made his Broadway debut as William Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway, and the First National Company in San Francisco and Boston - where he won the IRNE Award). He also created the role of Warren in Ordinary Days (Off Broadway- Roundabout Theatre Company), and can be heard on the original cast album.

On TV, Gertner has appeared on shows as varied as 9-1-1: Lonestar, NCIS, American Crime Story: Impeachment, Supernatural, Mom, Modern Family, 2 Broke Girls, Erin & Aaron, Side Hustle, Call Me Cat, Agent Carter, How I Met Your Mother, Ugly Betty, and The Good Wife. Audiences may also recognize him for his award-winning work as Randall Moody in the web series, Submissions Only. In addition, he has been cast in pilots for NBC and CBS.

As a voice over artist, he can be heard in films, TV shows, and in numerous TV and radio commercials.

Gertner's nationwide work in regional theatre includes Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Sacramento Music Circus, The Muny, Cape Playhouse, Fulton Opera House, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, St Louis Repertory, The Gem, The Orpheum, 11th Hour Theatre, and more. As a theatre educator, he has taught master classes across the U.S and in London.

Jared Gertner hails from the Jersey Shore (the place, not the TV show) and received a BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Melissa Gorga was born on 21 March 1979 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. She has been married to Joe Gorga since 20 August 2004. They have three children.

David Vogel was born on 15 March 1973 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Eagle Eye (2008), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Sweet Girl (2021).

Leigh Lezark has carved out a distinctive niche at the crossroads of music, fashion, and nightlife. Emerging from New Jersey, she quickly immersed herself in New York City's vibrant scene, co-founding the DJ collective The Misshapes with Geordon Nicol and Greg Krelenstein. Their innovative parties became a cultural touchstone, attracting celebrities and fashion icons, and propelling Lezark into the spotlight. Her striking features and signature black bob caught the attention of designers, leading to modeling gigs for brands like Roberto Cavalli for H&M, DKNY Jeans, and Emerson's retro fall collection. Lezark's influence extended beyond the runway; she became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld, participating in Chanel's "The Little Black Jacket" project and DJing at high-profile fashion events. Her versatility also led to a cameo on "Gossip Girl," further cementing her status as a multifaceted talent. Despite her success, Lezark remains grounded, often expressing a desire to be taller and maintaining a disciplined lifestyle. With a Leica camera in hand and an ever-evolving sense of style, she continues to inspire, blending music, fashion, and art into a cohesive personal brand that resonates across industries.

Jason Medwin was a Physical Education teacher for a short time at Chaparral High School in Las Vegas, which also so happens to be the alma mater of other celebrities such as Brandon Flowers, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Joey Slotnick. While being a P.E teacher he earned the nickname "The Tank"

Steve Bucino spent the formative years of his career working in music studios in Seattle Wa. and New York City. In 2005 Steve transitioned into audio post production recording, editing and mixing projects ranging from national advertising campaigns, independent features and documentaries, non scripted reality television, and major network animation and ADR recording.

After more than 10 years working and living in New York Steve relocated to Los Angeles in 2014 with his wife, actress Kirsten Day.

Some of his notable clients and credits include recording, sound editorial, sound design and re-recording mixing for:

20th Century Fox, CBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Netflix, Hulu, BBC America, World Vision, Showtime, HBO, CartoonNetwork, Discovery Channel, HGTV, PBS, MTV, History Channel, Travel Channel as well as on going projects for major advertising agencies and production companies from around the globe.

Steve is a supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer for primetime television series as well as independent feature films.

Steve originally hails from Toms River New Jersey.

Joe Valenti was born in Toms River and has been a life long resident of New Jersey. He developed a love for filmmaking at an early age and produced and directed many short films and videos while growing up. He has been providing entertainment in television and film for over 25 years. His work has aired on ABC, CW, PBS, National Geographic, Netflix, Amazon Prime, ESPN, Fox Sports, Tennis Channel, Tubi and more. He has acquired extensive feature film, commercial and documentary experience as well as years of aired, broadcast productions. He has also directed and streamed thousands of hours of content to almost every popular platform available and has handled every kind of production ranging from single camera episodic and feature film, multi-cam web live streams, to 10 camera live television productions.

Over the years Joe has compiled an arsenal of production equipment including four production trucks. Vision One, Two and Four were created for live broadcast, mobile production and Vision Three, the film production unit which houses complete lighting and grip equipment, is for independent film and television productions,

Valenti's first feature film in 2001, "Lying Beside You" was a truly independent first outing. The $17,000 low budget, 16mm film was awarded several awards throughout its film festival run. Small crews helped create an independent vibe for this feel good, romantic comedy.

"The Hacking Chronicles" (2007), a 24-style action adventure series which Joe shot and directed for AT&T's digital channel at a budget of $33,000 an episode, led to the funding for his next movie. "Echelon 8" (2009)is not only in worldwide distribution and available on Tubi and Apple TV but was also on Netflix for five years as well as being the ABC Late night movie of the week and the CW afternoon movie of the week. His next feature "The Meat Puppet" (2012) was picked up for distribution from Tomkat Films and airing on Amazon Prime and Tubi while also being available for purchase at Best Buy and Amazon.

In January of 2011 Valenti became the producer and director of "All Night with Joey Reynolds", a late night talk show for NBC's New York Nonstop. The show originated from the Nasdaq Market Site in Times Square, New York. Past guests have included, Danny Aiello, Frankie Valli, Jackie Martling, Pat Cooper and Michael Imperioli. The five-night-a-week talk show originated from the Nasdaq studios in Times Square and ran for three straight months playing host to many celebrity guests and musical acts.

Valenti Vision Films also handled production for Nuvo and Fuse's second season of "Knockout" (2015). Valenti served as Producer, DP and Head of Production for the reality show which featured Roy Jones, Jr., Floyd Mayweather, Sr., and Sugar Shane Mosely. Joe was also the Director, DP and editor for PBS' NJTV "Tales of the Jersey Shore", a documentary series focusing on the history of the New Jersey Shore. The online, beloved fan-film "The Amazing Adventures of Little Batman" which was directed, shot, edited and co-written by Valenti, has generated over 40 million combined views on YouTube.

Since 2009, Valenti has directed hundreds of multi-camera live events across the country for Fox Sports, Tennis Channel, ESPN3, AAC, Comcast Sportsnet, The Ivy League, AFL, MAAC, MAC and many others. This also includes the Maxwell Football Awards that aired live on ESPN3, Comcast Sportsnet and ABC Philadelphia over the past 5 years.

Valenti recently wrapped up a two year project as a producer, cinematographer, editor and drone pilot for the television series, "The Chair". The show highlights Roman Catholic Cathedrals across the country and shares interviews with the residing Bishops. Over 90 episodes were shot across more than forty states and the show will begin airing on Amazon Prime September of 2022.

Entering the virtual world in 2020, Valenti Vision Films handled all of the production and directed a National Geographic special called "Stopping Pandemics" with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Roberts. Joe directed the entire show from his home studio with remote call-ins. The show aired on National Geographic and was picked up by ABC and CNN as well. He also handled the recordings and live streams for the Actor's Fund Gala which featured, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Benning, Nathan Lane and Nia Vardalos.

Michael's interest in film began in elementary school when he would run the film projectors for both classroom and extra curricular presentations. In 1975, the family moved to Southern California and Michael became passionately involved in the theater department at school. After borrowing a book on theatrical lighting design from the theater's library, he began designing the lighting for the many stage productions that were produced throughout the school year. At age 16 he formed his first lighting company, and began performing production services for community groups, restaurants, and schools in his area. Michael went on to study theatre arts and lighting design in college.

In 1983 he took over the management of a small LA based stage lighting rental house which provided production services for theater, concerts, and corporate special events. In 1992, Michael moved to the Hollywood area and befriended a cinematographer who was interested in his theatrical background for shooting music videos. After purchasing a couple of light meters, he had now found a whole new genre of lighting; Motion Picture Set Lighting. Because of his management capabilities, and vast experience in lighting design, he succeeded in set lighting quickly. Soon he was gaffing music videos, small commercials, and ENG shoots. When the opportunity to work on independent low budget features came along, Michael enjoyed the opportunity to learn from experience through narrative film making.

In 1997 one of those films turned union in the middle of production, and his career in film took a dramatic change. Now a new member of IATSE Local 728, he could work on the largest productions in Hollywood.

Michael began working on the rigging crews of some of Hollywood's biggest studio movies. This experience turned out to be exactly the training necessary to prepare Michael for gaffing larger movies. There is nowhere in the non-union world to learn how the big studio movies are lit, so the rigging crew was the key to advancement. Rigging Gaffer jobs presented themselves first, and eventually opportunities for First Unit Gaffer.

Working now with many world renowned cinematographers, Michael continues to this day to enjoy storytelling through the magic of light!

Timothy Feimster was born on 19 February 1979 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and What Happens in Vegas (2008). He has been married to Evelyn Warfel since 18 May 2014.

Frankie Edgar was born on 16 October 1981 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for The Bastard Sons (2023), UFC 200 Greatest Fighters of All Time (2016) and UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier (2024).

Arielle Phillips was born on 1 April 1991 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. Arielle is known for Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023), Looney Tunes Cartoons (2019) and Japanese Hustle Life (2022).

Tom Brown Jr. was born on 29 January 1950 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is known for The Hunted (2003), The Brini Maxwell Show (2003) and Late Night with David Letterman (1982). He was married to Celeste. He died on 16 August 2024 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA.

Marty Hodas was born on 12 October 1931 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He died on 24 May 2014 in Long Island, New York, USA.

Sondra Fortunato was born on 23 October 1948 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Mother's Day (1980) and Death's a Bitch (2025).

Rachel Bolan was born on 9 February 1963 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Feast (2005), Rock of Ages (2012) and Doonby (2013).

An American actor known primarily for his work on Broadway in Disney's The Lion King, Mr. Lipitz has worked twice for legendary director, Sidney Lumet and makes his home just outside New York City. Regional stage credits include musicals such as Just So, Red Hot and Blue and The Producers and plays such as Art, God of Carnage, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and upcoming Death Of A Salesman in 2021.

Mike Bucci was born on 5 June 1972 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and manager, known for Fighting the Fire (2024), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993). He is married to Melissa.

Paula Fortunato was born on 15 May 1962 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. She is known for Des nouvelles du bon Dieu (1996). She was previously married to Sumner Redstone.

Nicole Gable was born on 23 July 1993 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA.

Curt Carlson was born on 23 February 1964 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Baby Mama (2008), Jersey Justice (2014) and Watching the Detectives (2008). He has been married to Christi Carlson since 3 September 1988. They have three children.