Wesley Jonathan Waples (born October 18, 1978), known professionally as Wesley Jonathan, is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant on the NBC Saturday morning dramedy series City Guys, the dim-witted Gary Thorpe on The WB sitcom What I Like About You, Sweetness in the 2005 film, Roll Bounce, and as Noah Cruise in the 2006 basketball film, Crossover.
Jonathan started acting as a child actor in the early 1990s and has had two main roles in two series; City Guys as Jamal Grant, and What I Like About You opposite Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth as Holly's dim-witted best friend, Gary Thorpe. Jonathan landed his first job in a music video for Melissa Manchester. He then started working on 21 Jump Street.
Jonathan has starred, co-starred, or made guest appearances in several movies and television shows including: Sister, Sister, Moesha, Boy Meets World, Smart Guy, Thea, Baywatch, A Different World, Boston Public, Crossover, Divine Intervention, Roll Bounce, and the 2009 film Speed-Dating.
Donell Jones (born May 22, 1973, Chicago, Illinois) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer.
He is most notable for the hits "U Know What's Up," "Where I Wanna Be," and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet". Jones broke to the music scene in the late 1990s with the release of his second album, Where I Wanna Be.
Contrary to persistent Internet rumours, Donell Jones is not the son of gospel music legend Bobby Jones. However, his father, Roy Jones (not the famous boxer) is a minister --- just not the Reverend Bobby Jones. Jones' upbringing was rough. He struggled between wanting to be a musician and a member of the Gangster Disciples, a street gang[citation needed]. After a brush with death, Jones left the gang and focused on a music career forming the group Porscha[citation needed]. However, Jones was gaining notice as a writer penning songs for established R&B acts such as Usher (he produced the singer's 1995 hit "Think of You") and 702 (band)'s "Get It Together". Jones also wrote for groups such as Brownstone and Silk.
Chico Benymon, (born Theron Benymon on August 7, 1974) is an American actor, singer, musician, and fashion designer best known for his role as Andre "Spencer" Williams on the UPN comedy Half & Half.
Chico will be starring in five upcoming movie projects; Where is Love Waiting, Nite Tales: The Movie, Burning Sands, Cuttin' da Mustard, and Steppin': The Movie. He is currently filming the drama, Where is Love Waiting, and the horror flick Night Tales. The drama Burning Sands is in pre-production whereas the comedies Cuttin' da Mustard and Steppin: The Movie are currently in production. Benymon co-starred in the 2010 film Speed-Dating.
In the Men, Money,& Golddiggers play, Chico can be seen wearing his clothing line of t-shirts and hoodies "Tee EL Meeks", which according to his Myspace page is coming soon. He is also working on his debut album which features the single "Want It" featuring hip hop superstar Fabolous, and is currently featured on his myspace page. Chico also acted in the Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, where he played Fantasia's boyfriend.
Derek Hough ( /ˈhʌf/; born May 17, 1985) is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 (Seasons 5 - 11 and Season 13) on the hit U.S. television series Dancing with the Stars, where he is currently a three-time champion (with Brooke Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, and Jennifer Grey), one-time finalist (with Ricki Lake), three-time semi-finalist (with Jennie Garth, Joanna Krupa, and Maria Menounos), and a quarter-finalist (with Lil' Kim). Hough has earned three Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Choreography (2009 and 2010 ) for his work on the show.
Prior to joining Dancing with the Stars, Hough starred as Ren in the 2006 original cast production of Footloose: The Musical at the Novelo Theatre in London's West End, as well as on the 2006 U.K. national tour. Hough's West End performance earned him a nomination as The Stuart Phillips London Newcomer of the Year in the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards. Hough made his Broadway debut on January 8, 2010, starring with Kym Johnson and Mary Murphy in Burn the Floor for the final four performances of the show's Broadway run. A founding member of the Ballas Hough Band (formerly Almost Amy), Hough shares lead vocals, plays guitar and has several songwriting credits on the band's self-titled debut CD, released by Hollywood Records in March 2009.
Izabella Anna Mikołajczak (born 21 January 1981), better known as Izabella Miko, is a Polish-born actress and dancer.
Miko was born in Łódź, Poland, the daughter of actors Grażyna Dyląg and Aleksander Mikołajczak. She grew up in Warsaw, where she studied to be a ballerina. An American choreographer invited her to study in New York City on a scholarship, and she traveled there with her mother on her 15th birthday.
Miko's American film debut was in Coyote Ugly in 2000. In addition, she appeared in three episodes of HBO's Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning Deadwood, and in The Killers' music video for Mr. Brightside. In 2010, Miko appeared in the big-budget remake Clash of the Titans as Athena. She was also in a supporting role as an acrobat named Raia in the short lived television series The Cape.
Miko supports green politics and keeps a video blog to talk about her current concerns. Miko was ranked #48 on Maxim's Hot 100 Women of 2001 list.