Oliver Beene is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 9, 2003. The show was created by Howard Gewirtz. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene (played by Grant Rosenmeyer), in first person perspective. Oliver Beene's other main characters are his parents Jerry and Charlotte Beene, his brother Ted Beene, and his two friends Joyce and Michael. The narrator, an older Oliver reflecting on his experience, is voiced by David Cross. Often in episodes, the story is interrupted by flashbacks and flash-forwards.

Premise[link]

Oliver (born c. 1951), attempts to sustain normality in an often unpredictable family. Oliver's father Jerry spends his days drilling teeth as a dentist, while his mother attempts to play the traditional homemaker. Oliver's brother, Ted is a sports nut and a womanizer. Oliver's life is often made more bearable with friends Michael, Joyce and his crush Bonnie, who appears at his most embarrassing moments. Both brothers have a crush on a Swedish girl in their apartment, Elke.

Cast[link]

Main characters[link]

• Grant Rosenmeyer as Oliver David Beene
• David Cross as future Oliver David Beene (voice only)
• Grant Shaud as Dr. Jeremiah 'Jerry' Beene
• Wendy Makkena as Charlotte Caroline Beene
• Andrew Lawrence as Tayler 'Ted' Mark Beene
• Daveigh Chase as Joyce
• Taylor Emerson as Michael

Recurring characters[link]

• Ben Bookbinder as Neal
• Annie Korzen as Mrs. Heller
• Maggie Grace as Elke
• Amanda Michalka as Bonnie

Episodes[link]

The series first aired on March 9, 2003 as a Fox program to replace the animated series Futurama. The first season was relatively successful, and the show was brought back for a second season. However, poor ratings throughout the second season led to the show's cancellation in September 2004, with the two last episodes of the season being left unaired in America. (the last episode to air in the show's original timeslot was broadcast on September 12, 2004). In the UK, Sky One broadcast both seasons, in their entirety.

Season 1: 2003[link]

Season 2: 2004[link]

External links[link]

• Oliver Beene at the Internet Movie Database
• Oliver Beene at TV.com

Maggie Grace
Grace in March 2012.
Born	Margaret Grace Denig (1983-09-21) September 21, 1983 (age 28) Worthington, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present

Margaret Grace Denig (born September 21, 1983), best known as Maggie Grace, is an American actress. Originally from Worthington, Ohio, she dropped out of high school to move to Los Angeles with her mother after her parents' divorce. While struggling financially, she landed her first role as the title character in the web-based video series Rachel's Room in 2001. She went on to earn a Young Artist Award nomination in 2002 with her portrayal of 15-year-old murder victim Martha Moxley in the television movie Murder in Greenwich.

In 2004, Grace was cast as Shannon Rutherford in the television series Lost, on which she was a main cast member for the first two seasons, winning a Screen Actors Guild Award shared with the ensemble cast. Leaving the series, Grace was keen to work more prominently in film having starred opposite Tom Welling in The Fog in 2005. She appeared in Suburban Girl, The Jane Austen Book Club (both 2007), and Taken (2008). She has the lead role of Alice in Malice in Wonderland, a modern take on Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Grace reprised the role of Shannon in two more episodes of Lost, including the series finale.

Early life[link]

Grace was born Margaret Grace Denig in Worthington, Ohio,^[1] the second of three children to parents Valinn (née Everett) and Rick Denig, who ran a family jewelry business.^[2] Her family lived in a 200-year-old house, the first saltbox house in central Ohio.^[3] She attended Worthington Christian Schools from kindergarten through ninth grade and briefly attended Thomas Worthington High School,^[4] where she began acting in school plays and community theater,^[5] including a Jewish Community Center's Gallery Players' 2000 production of The Crucible.^[6] Her parents divorced "amicably" when she was 16 years old, and her mother sought a "fresh start".^[1] Grace dropped out of high school to move to Los Angeles, California with her mother, while her younger siblings Ian and Marissa continued to live with their father.^[2] In Los Angeles, Grace and her mother moved around often as they struggled financially, taking out short-term rents rather than paying for permanent residence while eating a basic diet, as it was all they could afford.^[1][7]

Career[link]

Grace at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2008

Grace acquired an agent within a week of relocating to Los Angeles and enrolled in acting classes.^{[citation needed]} She landed her first role in Rachel's Room, a 2001 web-based video series about the affairs inside a teenage girl's bedroom that was created by Dawson's Creek executive producer Paul Stupin.^[8] Her next role was on the 2002 television series Septuplets, which was cancelled before the first episode had aired.^[2] Her breakout role was on 2002's television movie Murder in Greenwich, based on the true story of 15-year-old Martha Moxley's murder.^[1] She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of Moxley in the Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Leading Young Actress category, but lost to Clara Bryant for Tru Confessions.^[9] She went on to feature in minor roles on the television series CSI: Miami, The Lyon's Den, Miracles, Like Family, Cold Case and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the films Twelve Mile Road and Creature Unknown, before appearing in 2011's semi hit Zookeeper with Kevin James.^[4]

In mid-2004, Grace's agent sent her the script for the pilot episode of Lost; she was given the role of Shannon Rutherford after a successful audition.^[1][2] She was nominated in 2005 for a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Performance – Female for her role on Lost, but lost to Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria.^[10] She lived in Hawaii during the filming of the show's first season, and signed on to star opposite Tom Welling in The Fog,^[1] a 2005 remake of the 1980 horror film of the same name, as a character originally played by Jamie Lee Curtis.^[11] Though the filming of Lost was supposed to have ended before The Fog began, the productions coincided due to Lost's extended season finale^[5] and Grace flew between the two sets, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and on Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada.^[3] After ranking at #27 on Maxim's Hot 100 list of 2005,^[12] she returned for Lost's second season. Her character was killed off the series in the season's eighth episode, "Collision" when the series' writers began to feel that the character's "story avenues [were] limited". Executive producer Carlton Cuse said that Grace's departure from the show was "sort of a win-win" as she was eager to enter a full-time career in film.^[13] After leaving the series, she nevertheless joined the other principal Lost cast members of season 2 onstage at the 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards where Lost won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.^[14]

Variety reported in May 2005 that Grace was in negotiations to play X-Men character Kitty Pryde in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand,^[15] but in July, auditions were reportedly being held for her replacement.^[16] The role ultimately went to Ellen Page,^[17] and Grace later revealed that she had never been contacted about the role and was surprised to read that she was up for the part in question.^[18] Grace's next role was in the 2007 independent film Suburban Girl, alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin.^[19] In 2007, she starred in The Jane Austen Book Club, based on Karen Joy Fowler's novel of the same name. She is a fan of Jane Austen and had read Fowler's novel when it was released in 2004. When she was given the film's script, she met with the director Robin Swicord, with whom she says she "geeked out", and was given the role of Allegra, an openly lesbian 20-year-old.^[20] After the filming of The Jane Austen Book Club was completed, Grace briefly returned to Hawaii to shoot a guest spot on the Lost season 3 episode "Exposé".^[20] She starred in the 2008 thriller film Taken with Liam Neeson, who was at the top of a list of male actors Grace wished to work with that she had written just two months before she was cast.^[21] She recently played the lead in Simon Fellows' Malice in Wonderland, a modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.^[22] In 2010, Grace starred in the drama Flying Lessons,^[23] and appeared opposite Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in James Mangold's film Knight and Day,^[24] as well as in Faster, with Dwayne Johnson.^[25] Grace's busy schedule prevented her from returning as Shannon in "LA X", the season premiere for Lost's sixth and final season,^[26] but she eventually returned for the series finale "The End".^[27] On September 2010, it was revealed that Grace was chosen to play Irina in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.^[28]

Personal life[link]

Grace lived in Honolulu, Hawaii while working on Lost, saying "I love it here, but it's not a place you can really pursue acting."^[29] She claimed that, while living in Hawaii, her Lost co-stars would introduce her to men and that some "would probably have me with a different guy every night." She said that her male co-stars were "mostly very protective" and "very opinionated" when deciding whether she should date certain men;^[30] actor Josh Holloway once offered to help her select dates from a portfolio of male models with whom he previously worked.^[2] Grace and Ian Somerhalder, her onscreen stepbrother, were rumored to be dating in April 2006 after both had left Lost.^[31] When asked about Somerhalder in August, she stated, "Ian's great, I adore him, although I'm only 22 – far too young to even think about having a serious relationship."^[1] While still working on Lost, Grace and Somerhalder adopted a feral cat named Roo which they found "literally dying" in the jungle on the set. She said that the cat is now her "travel buddy."^[32] In 2008 and 2009, she dated Blake Mycoskie, a contestant on the second season of The Amazing Race and founder of TOMS Shoes.^[33]

Grace says that the person she is most inspired by is her mother. When asked about her closest friend, she said that she and her mother were more like sisters and that she is "lucky to have an exceptionally cool mum."^[7] She is a self-proclaimed anglophile, having written to a pen pal in the Lake District from the age of eight, having first visited England at 13 years old, and admiring a number of British poets as well as William Shakespeare.^[34] She calls herself very clumsy, claiming to "trip over my legs all the time,"^[35] and was jokingly nicknamed "Maggie Graceless" by one of her former castmates.^[36] She plays in a Los Angeles kickball league with her friends.^[36]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maggie Grace

• Maggie Grace at the Internet Movie Database

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Andrew James Lawrence (born January 12, 1988) is an American actor. He is sometimes credited as Andy Lawrence or Andy J. Lawrence.

Career[link]

Lawrence was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Donna Lawrence, a personal talent manager, and Joseph Lawrence, Sr., an insurance broker.^[1][2] His family's surname was changed to "Lawrence" from "Mignogna" before he was born. He started in show business at age three. Andy Lawrence is the younger brother of the actors Joey Lawrence and Matthew Lawrence.^[3] He is also a voice actor.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Andrew Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database

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Wayne Brady
in June 2010
Born	Wayne Alphonso Brady (1972-06-02) June 2, 1972 (age 40) Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, television personality, comedian, singer, game show host
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Diana Lasso (December 31, 1993 – September 21, 1995; divorced) Mandie Taketa (1999–2008; divorced)
Website
waynebrady.com

Wayne Alphonso Brady^[1] (born June 2, 1972) is an American actor, singer, comedian and television personality, known for his work as a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show. He was the original host of Fox's Don't Forget the Lyrics!, and currently hosts the 2009 revival of Let's Make a Deal.

Early life[link]

Brady was born in Columbus, Georgia^[2] to West Indian parents, and moved to Orlando, Florida as a young child to live with his grandmother and aunt. When Brady talks about his "Mom," he is referring to his grandmother, Valerie Petersen, who raised him.^[3][4] At 16, he started performing in community theater and at the Orlando improv troupe SAK Comedy Lab where he first started developing his improv skills. He attended Dr. Phillips High School, in Orlando, Florida, where he graduated in 1989. In 1990, he enrolled at the University of Miami^[5]. In 1996, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he continued developing his acting skills.^[6]

Career[link]

Brady's career began as one of the improvisational theater performers in the original (British) version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, along with Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and host Clive Anderson in 1998 when the last season was filmed in Hollywood, after which he became a regular on the American version, hosted by Drew Carey, which was his first Stateside television exposure. In 2003, Brady won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety, Musical or Comedy Series for his work on the show, the only person to win the award for a television series, as opposed to a special, since Dana Carvey in 1993.^{[citation needed]}

He went on to star in his own ABC variety show in 2001 called The Wayne Brady Show, and a daytime talk show of the same name in 2002, which lasted two seasons and won four Daytime Emmy Awards, two of which went to Brady for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Brady also guest-starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1999 and 2000 to take part in Drew Live and Drew Live II. On the show, Brady played several games taken from Whose Line Is It Anyway? for the two episodes with other characters.

In 2004, Brady joined the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago, playing the role of lawyer Billy Flynn. He also appeared briefly in the final episode of the 2004 season of the comedy Reno 911!. Additionally, Brady guest starred on the Sci Fi Channel's hit series show Stargate SG-1 as the first-prime of the Goa'uld System Lord, Ares. Brady also made a noteworthy appearance on Chappelle's Show, poking fun at his squeaky clean persona.^[7]

Brady wrote and sang the theme song for Disney's popular animated series The Weekenders. In 2005, he sang and recorded Jim Brickman's original Disney song "Beautiful" (a cover of All-4-One's 2002 hit "Beautiful As You") and its Christmas version.^[8]

In 2006, Brady became the host of TV Land's That's What I'm Talking About, a talk show discussing the role of African-Americans in the entertainment industry. From August 29 - September 29, 2006, Brady hosted the Fox show Celebrity Duets.

On November 27, 2006, Brady made a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing James, the gay brother of Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney. His character conflicts with Barney due to his choice to marry and adopt a baby. Brady returned to the show in 2007 in the episode The Yips, in which he is shown to be indirectly responsible for Barney's current superconfident personality, as well as in 2010's Cleaning House episode. He had also appeared as a guest star for the MTV show Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out. Brady also helps with the Adult Swim TV show Robot Chicken.

Brady has also gone "north-of-the-border" and guest starred in Colin Mochrie's CBC comedy, Getting Along Famously. He has also appeared on the episode "You Don't Know Jack" on the television show Dirt and also guest starred on the show 30 Rock, where he played the role of Steven Black, Liz Lemon's date for The Source Awards. Steven and Liz's relationship quickly ended when they discovered they had nothing in common and Liz accidentally shot him in the buttocks.

Brady was the co-host of the short-lived VH1 show "Vinyl Justice" in 1998. In 2007, ABC Family premiered the movie called "The List". The List is about a man who proposes to his girlfriend. When she says no, he begins to make a list of qualities he believes his "Perfect Woman" should have. He starred in Flirt,^[9] a comedy pilot developed for The CW Television Network, which if it had been picked up would have aired in the 2006-07 television season.

Brady guest starred as Julius Rock's gifted younger brother, Louis, in the television series, Everybody Hates Chris, and hosted a singing game show called Don't Forget the Lyrics! on Fox until its cancellation in June 2009. He also performs "Wayne Brady: Making $%!^ up" at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada four nights a week.^[10][11] He was also on two episodes of Kevin Hill. Brady's debut album was released on September 16, 2008. The song "A Change is Gonna Come", a cover of the popular 1964 single by Sam Cooke, earned Brady a Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance category.^[12]

Brady started hosting an updated version of the game show Let's Make a Deal for CBS in October 2009, which taped at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and currently tapes in Los Angeles. The show replaced the soap opera Guiding Light, which ended its long time run. The original host of Let's Make a Deal was Monty Hall, who serves as consultant for the new show. Drew Carey currently hosts The Price Is Right, and thus, both game shows in the CBS daytime lineup (as of May 2010) hold the distinction of being hosted by an alumnus of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Brady was the guest host on the May 3, 2010 episode of WWE Raw, where he was involved in an in-ring segment with Edge and Randy Orton, and eventually getting RKO'd by Orton.^[13] Later that year, in August, Brady played the role of Tom Collins in a staged production of Rent at the Hollywood Bowl. The production was directed by Neil Patrick Harris.^[14]

Brady, together with Jonathan Mangum performed in two episodes of Fast and Loose, a new improvisational series on BBC2 hosted by Hugh Dennis, in January 2011. Then, along with Holly Robinson Peete, he the 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards on March 4, 2011.^[15]

On May 3 he appeared on Dancing With The Stars as the lead performer in a tribute to James Brown celebrating what would have been Brown's 78th birthday in the Macy's Stars of Dance segment. He has also been a special guest of Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza on GSN, appearing each time with Let's Make a Deal announcer Jonathan Mangum.

Brady made a cameo in the 2011 song "Dedication to my Ex (miss that)" by Lloyd ft. Lil Wayne & Andre 3000, narrating Lil Wayne's section of the song, and he will appear as a special guest star in the March 14, 2012 episode of the TV series Psych along with Greg Grunberg and Mike "The Miz" Mizanin.

Personal life[link]

In 2007 Brady became an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, called the Friends of RMHC.^[16]

Brady has been married twice. His first marriage was to Diana Lasso on December 31, 1993. They were divorced on September 21, 1995. His second marriage was to dancer Mandie Taketa on April 3, 1999. They have one child together, a daughter named Maile Masako Brady, born on February 3, 2003. Brady and Taketa separated on April 5, 2006 and Taketa filed for divorce on July 2, 2007.^[17]

Filmography[link]

• The Drew Carey Show (1999-2000) - Multiple episodes, himself
• American Dad (2012) - Ricky Spanish, Tungee

Discography[link]

Albums

Singles

• "Ordinary" (2008) - Wayne Brady
• "Beautiful" (2005) - Wayne Brady, accompanied on piano by songwriter Jim Brickman
• "Don't Stop" (2005) - Jamie Jones featuring Wayne Brady and William Carthright
• "Unsung Heroes" (2004) - Wayne Brady
• "F.W.B." (2009) - Wayne Brady
• "The Weekenders Theme Song" (2000) - Wayne Brady

References[link]

Notes

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Wayne Brady

• Wayne Brady at the Internet Movie Database
• Wayne Brady at AllRovi
• Official website
• Training Day Parody sketch from Chappelle's Show
• Las Vegas Review Journal: The Brady Hunch, May 18, 2007
• Questions and Answers with Wayne Brady Las Vegas Sun, April 11, 2007
• Wayne Brady's 'Lyric'-al TV Return Interview - AOL Television
• Wayne Brady on Tom Green Live, 23 May 2007

v t e Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK version Host Clive Anderson Regular contestants Chip Esten Stephen Frost Stephen Fry Josie Lawrence Mike McShane Paul Merton Colin Mochrie Greg Proops John Sessions Brad Sherwood Tony Slattery Steve Steen Ryan Stiles Jim Sweeney Sandi Toksvig Caroline Quentin Musicians Colin Sell Richard Vranch Laura Hall Win Meyerson US version Host Drew Carey Regular contestants Wayne Brady Chip Esten Kathy Greenwood Colin Mochrie Greg Proops Brad Sherwood Denny Siegel Ryan Stiles Jeff Davis Musicians Laura Hall Linda Taylor Cece Worrall-Ruben Related topics List of UK episodes List of US episodes List of games Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (List of episodes) Mock the Week Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza (List of episodes)

Sam Horrigan
Sam Horrigan, Beverly Hills, CA on May 12, 2012
Born	Samuel Emmett Horrigan (1981-08-23) August 23, 1981 (age 30) Sacramento County, California, United States
Other names	Samuel Horrigan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present

Samuel Emmett "Sam" Horrigan (born August 23, 1981) is an American actor best known for his role as Quentin Kelly on the hit ABC sitcom Grace Under Fire.

Sam played Spike Hammersmith in the movie Little Giants and also has made guest appearances on TV shows such as One Tree Hill, Joan of Arcadia, Desperate Housewives, Still Standing, Grounded for Life, 8 Simple Rules, and Veronica Mars where he played a guy named Pop. Also appeared in Accepted as one of the Fraternity Brothers. He played Val in the 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie Brink!. In 1995, he played Xander in the remake of Escape to Witch Mountain. Sam was a contestant in the fourth series of the TV show Beauty and the Geek as the show's first male beauty, which caused some controversy due to his previous experience in the media.

Filmography[link]

External links[link]

• Sam Horrigan at the Internet Movie Database

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