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Betas
''Betas'' is an American streaming television series that was produced by Amazon Studios. The show starred Joe Dinicol and Karan Soni as "dating app" developers in Silicon Valley who are looking for an investor. Amazon offered the first three episodes of ''Betas'' for free on November 22, 2013, with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter. In March 2014, Amazon declined to renew for a second season. Cast Series regulars * Joe Dinicol – Trey * Karan Soni – Nash * Jon Daly – Hobbes * Charlie Saxton – Mitchell * Maya Erskine – Mikki * Daivik Dave - Daivik Recurring characters * Ed Begley, Jr. - Murch * Madeline Zima - Jordan Alexis * Tyson Ritter - Dane *Breeda Wool - Victoria * Mark L. Young - Trevor * Margo Harshman - Lisa * Diana Burbano - Hispanic Mother *Paul Walter Hauser - Dashawn Episodes Reception Metacritic gave season 1 an average rating of 69/100 based on reviews from 8 critics. Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karan Soni
Karan Soni (born January 8, 1989) is an Indian-American actor and comedian. Often appearing in comedic roles, he came to prominence for playing Dopinder in the films ''Deadpool'' (2016) and its sequel ''Deadpool 2'' (2018). Born in New Delhi, Soni moved to the United States to study business at the University of Southern California before pursuing an acting career. He made his feature film debut in ''Safety Not Guaranteed'' (2012), which was followed by lead appearances on the series ''Betas'' (2013) and ''Other Space'' (2015). Soni gained further attention after being cast in the film ''Deadpool'' (2016) as Dopinder, a role he reprised for its 2018 sequel. Soni has also appeared in the films ''Ghostbusters'' (2016), ''Office Christmas Party'' (2016), and ''Pokémon Detective Pikachu'' (2019). On television, he has appeared as a series regular on ''Blunt Talk'' (2015–2016) and ''Miracle Workers'' (2019–present). Early life Soni is from New Delhi, where he attended an intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo Harshman
Margo Cathleen Harshman (born March 4, 1986) is an American actress known for the roles of series regular Tawny Dean on ''Even Stevens'', Sheldon Cooper's assistant Alex Jensen on ''The Big Bang Theory'', and Timothy McGee's wife Delilah Fielding-McGee on '' NCIS''. Early life and family Margo Harshman was born in San Diego, San Diego County, California, San Diego County, California. She has two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother. She's related to former baseball pitcher Jack Harshman and former University of Washington and Washington State University basketball coach Marv Harshman. Harshman lived in La Costa, California, La Costa, San Diego County, California, San Diego County, California and attended school there until she was 12, after which she moved to Orange County, California, Orange County, California. There she finished the rest of her education, first at Hewes Middle School and then at Foothill High School (Santa Ana, California), Foothill High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyson Ritter
Tyson Jay Ritter (born April 24, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and model. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, pianist, and songwriter of the multi-RIAA certification, platinum selling American alternative rock band The All-American Rejects. As an actor, Ritter appeared as Dane on Amazon Video's ''Betas'', recurred as rock musician Oliver Rome on NBC's ''Parenthood (2010 TV series), Parenthood'', and has had supporting roles in films, including ''The House Bunny'' (2008) and ''Miss You Already'' (2015). In 2018, Ritter played recurring characters on two television series on AMC (TV channel), AMC, ''Preacher (TV series), Preacher'' and ''Lodge 49''. Ritter joined the main cast of ''Preacher'' for its final season in 2019. Early life Ritter was born on April 24, 1984 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Tracy Jean Rains (née Lyons; born to Edwina Janora Lyons Sherman and Tony Eugene Lyons) and Tim Jay Ritter (born to Peggy Earline Ritter Sharpton an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Daly (comedian)
Jon Daly, sometimes credited as Jonathan C. Daly, Jon C. Daly or Jonathan Barney Daly, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his sketch comedy work on the Comedy Central series ''Kroll Show''. In 2013 he starred as Hobbes in the Amazon Studios original series ''Betas'', and also played Agent Filippo in ''Zoolander 2'' (2016). Early life and education Daly was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He first became involved in improv performing in Pittsburgh when he was 16 at a show called "Friday Night Improvs" at the University of Pittsburgh and continued performing while attending the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Career Daly has been a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) for over ten years where he performed in the improv group "Mother". He continues to perform at the theater's Los Angeles division. Some of his notable work at UCB was performing in the sketch groups such as Mother and Mr. A$$ and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeda Wool
Breeda Wool is an American actress, writer and producer. She is best known for her roles as Lou Linklatter in the Audience crime drama series '' Mr. Mercedes'' (2017–2019) and Faith Deluth in the Lifetime/Hulu drama series ''UnREAL'' (2015–2018). Her major film credits include ''AWOL'' (2016), ''XX'' (2017), ''Automatic at Sea'' (2016), '' Erasing Eden'' (2016) and ''Craters of the Moon'' (2013). Wool also appeared as Victoria in the Amazon digital series ''Betas'' (2013). She made guest appearances in Freeform's '' Famous in Love'' (2017–2018), NBC's '' Midnight, Texas'' (2017–2018), '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', two episodes of '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (2001–2011), the two-hour series finale of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000–2015), and HBO's '' Room 104'' (2020). Early life Wool was born and raised in Urbana, Illinois. Wool knew that she wanted to be a performer at a young age. She starred in numerous theatrical productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Walter Hauser
Paul Walter Hauser (born October 15, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his supporting roles in the films '' Cruella'', ''I, Tonya'', '' Late Night'', ''BlacKkKlansman'', and ''Da 5 Bloods''. In 2019, Hauser had his breakout performance as the title character in the film ''Richard Jewell'', leading the National Board of Review to award him for best Breakthrough Performance. He starred as suspected serial killer Larry Hall in the 2022 miniseries ''Black Bird'', and was also seen in the TV show ''Kingdom''. For his role in the former, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Golden Globe Award. Life and career Hauser was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in Saginaw, Michigan. His parents are Deborah and The Rev. Paul Hauser, a Lutheran minister. He attended Valley Lutheran High School, a private parochial school in Saginaw. Hauser portrayed Shawn Eckhardt in the 2017 film ''I, Tonya'', Dale in the 2010 film ''Virginia'', and Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Dinicol
Joe Dinicol (born December 22, 1983) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Rory Regan / Ragman in a recurring role in the fifth season of ''Arrow''. Life and career Dinicol was born in Stratford, Ontario, the son of Emma (née Neville) and acting coach and actor Keith Dinicol. His maternal grandfather was English-born actor John Neville. He started his career as a child actor at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and has since appeared on the Canadian television series ''Train 48'' and ''Rideau Hall''. On stage, Dinicol has appeared in ''Antony and Cleopatra'', ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', '' Waiting for Godot'', and ''Richard III'' at the Stratford Festival, and ''The Needfire'' at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. He also performed in the 1996 recording of '' Waiting for Godot'' for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. His most recent performance was as the second male lead in Paul Gross's '' Passchendaele'' released in 2008. Dinicol was the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Tennant
Andrew Wellman Tennant (born June 15, 1955) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, actor, and dancer. Early life Tennant was born June 15, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was Don Tennant, a legendary creative advertising talent with Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago. As a boy, he spent his summers on Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan and at Camp Minocqua in northern Wisconsin. He graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1973. He studied theater under John Houseman at University of Southern California. Career Dancing/acting and directorial debut In 1978, he was cast as an extra of a dancing role in the musical adaption film '' Grease'' starring actor John Travolta and singer/actress Olivia Newton-John. That same year, he was cast as an extra in a dancing role in the musical comedy film adaption of '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band''. His next role as an actor was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo County and Santa Clara County. San Jose is Silicon Valley's largest city, the third-largest in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States; other major Silicon Valley cities include Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Cupertino. The San Jose Metropolitan Area has the third-highest GDP per capita in the world (after Zurich, Switzerland and Oslo, Norway), according to the Brookings Institution, and, as of June 2021, has the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more in the United States. Silicon Valley is home to many of the world's largest high-tech corporations, including the headquarters of more than 30 businesses in the Fortune 1000, and thousands of startup companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Saxton
Charles Saxton (born November 7, 1989, in Bristol, Pennsylvania) is an American film, television and voice actor. He had a supporting role as Bug, one of the band members, in ''Bandslam''. He was featured in ''Hung'', an HBO comedy-drama series, playing the son of Thomas Jane's main character. He also provided the voice of Melvin in the video game '' Bully''. He is the voice of Toby on Guillermo del Toro's award-winning animated series, ''Trollhunters''. Charlie also stars as the wrestler "Lone Wolf" in The Wonder Years ''The Wonder Years'' is an American coming-of-age story, coming-of-age situation comedy, comedy/Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Neal Marlens and Carol L. Black, Carol Black. It ran on American Broadcasting Company ... music video for Melrose Diner. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * 1989 births Living people People from Bristol, Pennsylvania American male child actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telekinesis (band)
Telekinesis is an American indie rock project based in Seattle. Its moniker is a pseudonym for sole member Michael Benjamin Lerner, who single-handedly writes and performs the majority of the outfit's material. Telekinesis is signed to Merge Records. History Michael Benjamin Lerner (born September 1, 1986) grew up in Kenmore, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. He left home at 18 to attend Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, where he studied audio recording. He is the son of the Seattle Radio presenter, Mike West (real name: Vince Lerner), now heard on Sunday mornings at Seattle's 102.5 KZOK-FM as host of ''Breakfast with the Beatles''. Telekinesis was signed to Merge Records in early 2009, and shortly afterward released the debut album ''Telekinesis!'' on April 7, 2009. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla (guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie), who also played on most tracks. Lerner and Walla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Strauss-Schulson
Todd Strauss-Schulson (born June 24, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer, best known for directing the comedy film ''A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'' (2011), the horror comedy film '' The Final Girls'' (2015), and the romantic comedy film ''Isn't It Romantic'' (2019). He has also directed episodes of the television series '' The Inbetweeners'' (2012) and '' Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous'' (2013). Early life Strauss-Schulson was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City on June 24, 1980. He has one younger sister named Caren. Strauss-Schulson is Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. He attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2003. Following his graduation, he moved to Los Angeles. Career Strauss-Schulson started his career directing short films such as ''Larceny'' (1997) and ''Backlash'' (1998). He then worked on music videos, which led to 6 months spent in China and Thailand, where he dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
