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Mary Lynn Rajskub ( /ˈraɪskəb/; born June 22, 1971) is an American actress and comedian, best known for her leading role as Chloe O'Brian in the Fox action-thriller 24.
Rajskub was born in Trenton, Michigan and raised in Dearborn, Michigan. Her father is a pipefitter of Czech descent[citation needed] and her mother worked as a pharmacist's assistant. Rajskub played the clarinet in the school band, and played Frenchie in the musical Grease. One of her childhood inspirations was Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. Her first part was as an Oompa-Loompa in a community theater production of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and her first starring role was Raggedy Ann. Rajskub moved to Los Angeles where she worked as a waitress in a Hard Rock Cafe and as a ticket-taker at the Beverly Center movie theater before becoming an actress.
Rajskub's most notable role is CTU Systems analyst Chloe O'Brian on 24, which she joined in 2003 at the start of the show's third season. Her character was a hit with viewers and critics and was one of the few cast members to return in the show's fourth season. After being a regular guest star for two seasons, Rajskub became a main cast member in the show's fifth season. By the end of the series she was lead female, with top billing second only to Kiefer Sutherland. Rajskub and Sutherland appeared briefly as their 24 characters in a 2007 episode, "24 Minutes", of the FOX TV animated series The Simpsons. She also recently appeared in the film Julie & Julia as one of Julie Powell's close friends.
Carlos Bernard (born October 12, 1962) is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24.
Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after attending Illinois State University.
He performed in A.C.T. stage productions:
At the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, he performed in Scenes From an Execution, with Frank Langella.
Bernard has made guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger, F/X: The Series, Babylon 5, and Silk Stalkings and appeared as a regular on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. He has appeared in the feature films Alien Raiders,Vegas, City of Dreams, The Killing Jar, and the short film The Colonel's Last Flight.
He is best known for his role as Tony Almeida on 24 which he played from 2001 to 2006, and then reprised again in 2009.
Bernard was born Carlos Bernard Papierski in Evanston, Illinois. He is of Polish and Spanish descent. His mother is originally from Madrid. He also speaks fluent Spanish, Russian, and German.[citation needed] He is the youngest of three brothers. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from New Trier High School. He showed signs of interest in acting while in high school. He went to Illinois State University and shortly after received his fine arts degree in San Francisco in the American Conservatory Theatre. Bernard started out on stage but quickly progressed to television.
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration. Premiering on November 6, 2001, the show spanned 192 episodes over eight seasons, with the series finale broadcast on May 24, 2010. In addition, the television movie 24: Redemption was broadcast between seasons six and seven, while a feature film of the same name is also planned.
Bauer is the only character to have appeared in every episode of the series. The series begins with his working for the Los Angeles-based Counter Terrorist Unit, in which he is a highly-proficient agent with an "ends justify the means" approach, regardless of the perceived morality of some of his actions. Throughout the series most of the main plot elements unfold like a political thriller. A typical plot has Bauer racing against the clock as he attempts to thwart multiple terrorist plots, including presidential assassination attempts, nuclear, biological and chemical threats, cyber attacks, as well as conspiracies which deal with government and corporate corruption.
(die bitch, fuckin die!)
ALL NIGHT
Find me robbin your jewels
Settin fires
Damaging, and breakin into schools
IN THE DARKNESS
Its much easier to be heartless
Break the window out the Lincoln
And screwdriver start this
Muggin people
Droppin on 'em from street lights
Stab 'em with garden tools,
Or beat 'em with pipes
So dont come out
Stay inside cozy and tucked
And if im breakin in
Ay old lady's gettin..
Fook'd!
ALL DAY
Car jacks get outta the van
As soon as they step out
I pop 'em anyway "BLAMMM!"
I rob liquor stores with a lil 22 hold
I know its nothing but its something
When its butin at your nose
SUNNY DAYS
I hit up the beach with cleats on
And stomp the bitches in they ass
Tryina tan in they thongs
ALL DAY
See me fuckin hookers at truck stops
And then i kill 'em
Cause thats where my buck stops
ALL NIGHT
Im wicked and i got the power
Bloodsheds on the wall during the witching hour
IN THE DARKNESS
See me ride by an impala
Draggin some fuck ass by his foot and hear him holla
IN THE NIGHT TIME
I take whats rightfully mine
I run through emergency rooms and sever life lines
Fuck the limelight i'm the one i need to impress
With a doiuble dip swinging ax chop to your chest
ALL DAY
Im sellin coke laced joints to little kids
I'm a clown in a milk truck handlin biz
IN THE SUNSHINE
I been known to take shots at the po
Im in the bushes with the camouflage on and rifle scope
ALL DAY
I wicked
I keep it horrifying
Ax murdered some kid and his dad kite flying
I knock the fuckin mail man out on the grass
And burned holes in his face
With the magnifying glass
ALL NIGHT
I fly like a vampire bat
And murder people telling stories where the campe fires at
BLAME IT ON THE MOONLIGHT OR BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE
I shot the mother fuckin sheriff and his deputy rookie
WHEN ITS DARK OUT
I hit the streets in the shadows and grab yos, and
BOOGIE THE WOOGIE
And stab ho's
Dont even give me a pound when you see this clown
You gettin cut the fuck up
And chopped the fuck down
ALL DAY
Catch me picnicking with the bitches in the park
Right before i icepick 'em in the heart 24/7
If it aint us its somebody gettin bloody
Wicked clowns aint the only ones nutty buddy
CATCH ME, TOUNGE KISSIN
A severed head
Catch me burying another bitch dead
Behind a shed
It doesn't matter
Night or day
All around the clock
VILOENT J AND SHAGGY
CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, CHOP!