Cat Doss
(Kylie)
A classically trained actress with a diverse body of work, Cat started out on the stage portraying such characters as Ophelia, Persephone, Rapunzel in Into the Woods, Lucy in Dracula, and Abigail Williams in The Crucible. She then moved on to music videos, playing the lead in the period Endwell video "Avoidant: Ghost Will Haunt", and appeared in videos by The Ruse, Orianthi and Flyleaf. She went on to star in an episode of The Bureau on the Discovery Channel and guest host Disaster Date on MTV, and has appeared on the webseries Hollywood is Like High School With Money. Cat portrayed a vampire in MTV's horror-comedy Death Valley and Marie Antoinette in the TV movie Party Like the Queen of France. A spot she was in, "Russel's Notebook", won $250,000 and first place in GoDaddy's commercial contest. Cat recently had prominent roles in the Indy Mogul short Medisin and the feature film Victory Blvd.
A classically trained actress with a diverse body of work, Cat started out on the stage portraying such characters as Ophelia, Persephone, Rapunzel in Into the Woods, Lucy in Dracula, and Abigail Williams in The Crucible. She then moved on to music videos, playing the lead in the period Endwell video "Avoidant: Ghost Will Haunt", and appeared in videos by The Ruse, Orianthi and Flyleaf. She went on to star in an episode of The Bureau on the Discovery Channel and guest host Disaster Date on MTV, and has appeared on the webseries Hollywood is Like High School With Money. Cat portrayed a vampire in MTV's horror-comedy Death Valley and Marie Antoinette in the TV movie Party Like the Queen of France. A spot she was in, "Russel's Notebook", won $250,000 and first place in GoDaddy's commercial contest. Cat recently had prominent roles in the Indy Mogul short Medisin and the feature film Victory Blvd.
Jemal Draco
(Teddy)
A gifted comic and dramatic actor, Jemal is perhaps most recognizable from his role in the award-winning horror film Jack the Reaper alongside Candyman legend Tony Todd, which premiered at Cannes this year and won Best Horror Film there. He also had a significant role in the recent TV movie Cinema Verite. Keep an eye out for Jemal in the upcoming film Lionhead, where he plays a quick-witted pizza delivery boy who happens to know a thing about handling a gun, alongside a supporting cast which includes Michael Madsen and Ray Wise.
Richard Rey
(Al)
Richard has a colorful history of film and television work, as both a screen and voice actor due to his penchant for creating memorable and riveting characters. You might recognize his unforgettable voice from the English version of the acclaimed anime Fist of the North Star. He had a prominent role in the psychedelic comedy Gypsy Crepes, as well as the TV program Ingles Ya! Richard is best known for playing the renowned Jesus on the hit web series Me and My Old Man, which won him an outstanding achievement award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Holli Dean
(Ellen)
From Oklahoma, Holli Dean earned a degree in Theatre at Tulsa Community College. On stage she has performed in many leading roles, including Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors. Smoking demonstrates one of her first performances on film. Holli's other creative abilities include singing, writing her own lyrics, dance which she studied for six years, and wardrobe styling.
Gregg G. Lawrence
(Ellis)
An actor with tremendous range, Gregg has played every role imaginable, from a cigar chomping Cupid, to prospector, to sea captain, to business man, to pastor, to zombie! He portrayed the bailiff in fifteen episodes of the television series Santa Barbara and gained web notoriety for the role of Smokey in the Streamy nominated web series Mountain Man. Acting truly runs in Gregg's blood, and he is equally enthusiastic about live performance. For years he played the King at Medieval Times, and before that on the stage in Vegas his characterization of Col. Gorak in Star Trek: The Experience made such a splash it inspired an episode of South Park. Most recently Gregg can be found co-starring in the tongue-in-cheek new horror classic The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu, playing the iconic Captain Olaf alongside Always Sunny and Men of a Certain Age alum Kyle Davis. Gregg is the recipient of the prestigious Bronze Halo Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Counsel for Contributions to the Entertainment Industry.
An actor with tremendous range, Gregg has played every role imaginable, from a cigar chomping Cupid, to prospector, to sea captain, to business man, to pastor, to zombie! He portrayed the bailiff in fifteen episodes of the television series Santa Barbara and gained web notoriety for the role of Smokey in the Streamy nominated web series Mountain Man. Acting truly runs in Gregg's blood, and he is equally enthusiastic about live performance. For years he played the King at Medieval Times, and before that on the stage in Vegas his characterization of Col. Gorak in Star Trek: The Experience made such a splash it inspired an episode of South Park. Most recently Gregg can be found co-starring in the tongue-in-cheek new horror classic The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu, playing the iconic Captain Olaf alongside Always Sunny and Men of a Certain Age alum Kyle Davis. Gregg is the recipient of the prestigious Bronze Halo Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Counsel for Contributions to the Entertainment Industry.
Tommy Dorian
(Chi)
Tommy graduated from the theater program at the University of Southern California. He speaks fluent hood-rat, white-bred ebonics, swahili and very poor french. Tommy hails from Beckley, West Virginia. Politically, he fashions himself an independent thinker. Tommy enjoys trance music, George Orwell and Four Loko.
Justin Blakely
(Marc)
Justin's passion for acting and travel have taken him all over the world, most notably to Australia where he was the lead in two horror films and had a role in the ABC dramatic television series, East of Everything. Justin's other lifelong love, music, has evolved from learning guitar and piano to exploring the technical side of production sound. Now crossing that knowledge towards DJing, he looks to continue his experience towards music production. Justin has recorded and mixed audio on a professional level, all over the world, on a variety of films and television programs. Some notable names he has worked with include Val Kilmer, Sonny Chiba, Mark Hamill, Danny Trejo, Tony Todd, James Duval and Rose Mcgowan..
Justin's passion for acting and travel have taken him all over the world, most notably to Australia where he was the lead in two horror films and had a role in the ABC dramatic television series, East of Everything. Justin's other lifelong love, music, has evolved from learning guitar and piano to exploring the technical side of production sound. Now crossing that knowledge towards DJing, he looks to continue his experience towards music production. Justin has recorded and mixed audio on a professional level, all over the world, on a variety of films and television programs. Some notable names he has worked with include Val Kilmer, Sonny Chiba, Mark Hamill, Danny Trejo, Tony Todd, James Duval and Rose Mcgowan..
Emilio Palame
(Conrad)
Emilio has appeared in numerous films, including a starring role in the award winning short, Spare Change, and a wonderful supporting role in the upcoming feature film Amateur History. Emilio can also be seen as recurring guest star “Fr. Joseph” in the web series The Book Club and is very excited about his lead role as “Joe the Prophet” in the upcoming TV series premiering this October on KDOC entitled Park Avenue Stories – The Alien in the Park. Working as keyboardist/vocalist/composer/arranger and producer for over 30 years on the LA music scene, Emilio has also garnered credits as a studio musician, as well as accompanist and conductor for the Legendary Miss Peggy Lee, Paul Williams, Chuck Mangione, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He is music composer for Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, ESPN, FOX TV, national commercials, and orchestrator/arranger for Fairly Odd Parents and several other shows on Nickelodeon. His critically acclaimed R&B/Jazz CD, Emilio Palame Band – “Be Who You Are” is available through Itunes as well as his website.
”It’s great to be working on Smoking…Jerome’s artistic sensibilities, combined with the talents of everyone involved, makes for a great mix of satire and drama. …playing Conrad allows me to bring not only my take on things to the set, but also a combination of the many “characters” I grew up with.”
Emilio has appeared in numerous films, including a starring role in the award winning short, Spare Change, and a wonderful supporting role in the upcoming feature film Amateur History. Emilio can also be seen as recurring guest star “Fr. Joseph” in the web series The Book Club and is very excited about his lead role as “Joe the Prophet” in the upcoming TV series premiering this October on KDOC entitled Park Avenue Stories – The Alien in the Park. Working as keyboardist/vocalist/composer/arranger and producer for over 30 years on the LA music scene, Emilio has also garnered credits as a studio musician, as well as accompanist and conductor for the Legendary Miss Peggy Lee, Paul Williams, Chuck Mangione, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He is music composer for Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, ESPN, FOX TV, national commercials, and orchestrator/arranger for Fairly Odd Parents and several other shows on Nickelodeon. His critically acclaimed R&B/Jazz CD, Emilio Palame Band – “Be Who You Are” is available through Itunes as well as his website.
”It’s great to be working on Smoking…Jerome’s artistic sensibilities, combined with the talents of everyone involved, makes for a great mix of satire and drama. …playing Conrad allows me to bring not only my take on things to the set, but also a combination of the many “characters” I grew up with.”
Craig C. Chen
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Craig studied acting at Moorpark College but most of his classes were done at Santa Barbara City College. He was discovered by and did his first work on screen with director Forest Wise. While Craig has predominantly been involved in television and film, he has also done some stage work in the play “PVT Wars”.
Craig's biggest projects include a role in the fan film Return of the Ghostbusters directed by Hank Braxtan and playing a student driver for 1000 Ways To Die in the episode “Driver’s Dead”. He worked with Hank Braxtan again with Darren Orange portraying a commercial agent in a film called The Inspectres based on an online role playing game which will be released in the fall of 2012.
Currently Craig is still acting and he hopes one day he will make it big and do better projects in the future.
Craig studied acting at Moorpark College but most of his classes were done at Santa Barbara City College. He was discovered by and did his first work on screen with director Forest Wise. While Craig has predominantly been involved in television and film, he has also done some stage work in the play “PVT Wars”.
Craig's biggest projects include a role in the fan film Return of the Ghostbusters directed by Hank Braxtan and playing a student driver for 1000 Ways To Die in the episode “Driver’s Dead”. He worked with Hank Braxtan again with Darren Orange portraying a commercial agent in a film called The Inspectres based on an online role playing game which will be released in the fall of 2012.
Currently Craig is still acting and he hopes one day he will make it big and do better projects in the future.
Brent Wendell Williams
(Bernie)
Brent has been involved in the entertainment business for over thirty years. A seasoned actor who has worked in a variety of film and television roles and on over three hundred commercials (15 of which have won Clio Awards), Brent has also co-produced the women's talk show Reel Women for eight years! Brent also starred in the first season of the ABC show Wipeout. He is presently a founding member of the Actors Film Company and The Total Workshop For Acting, where he has worked with Michael Savage for nine years.
Brent enjoys acting and is always looking for challenging roles, as well as the opportunity to assist in other capacities on film projects!
Brent has been involved in the entertainment business for over thirty years. A seasoned actor who has worked in a variety of film and television roles and on over three hundred commercials (15 of which have won Clio Awards), Brent has also co-produced the women's talk show Reel Women for eight years! Brent also starred in the first season of the ABC show Wipeout. He is presently a founding member of the Actors Film Company and The Total Workshop For Acting, where he has worked with Michael Savage for nine years.
Brent enjoys acting and is always looking for challenging roles, as well as the opportunity to assist in other capacities on film projects!