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Falling Skies (season 5)
''Falling Skies'' was renewed for a fifth and final season, which began airing June 28, 2015, and concluded August 30, 2015. Plot In the aftermath of the destruction of the Espheni power core, the Espheni occupation of Earth is faltering. All forms of mechanized technology the Espheni have deployed including airships, mech robots, and harnesses have gone offline, and the remaining Espheni forces have begun retreating from the 2nd Mass and resistance groups around the world. In the midst of space, Tom finds himself rescued by a mysterious alien race named the Dornia, or the "Great Enemy", who are the Espheni's greatest enemy and the reason for their intergalactic expansion. They communicate with Tom using a memory of his wife Rebecca and later directly while still using the image of Rebecca, influencing him to show no mercy against the Espheni. They return him to Earth, where Tom leads the 2nd Mass on a series of raids against key Espheni locations in an effort to dismantle their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Wyle
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (; born June 4, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as John Carter (ER), John Carter in the television series ''ER (TV series), ER'' (1994–2009), which earned him nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards. He is also known for his roles as List of The Librarian characters#Recurring characters, Flynn Carsen in The Librarian (franchise), ''The Librarian'' franchise including three TV movies ''The Librarian: Quest for the Spear'' (2004), ''The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mine'' (2006), and ''The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice'' (2008) then returning for the television series (2013–2018) and Tom Mason (Falling Skies), Tom Mason in the television series ''Falling Skies'' (2011–2015). He has appeared in films such as ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' (1999), ''Donnie Darko'' (2001), and ''W. (film), W.'' (2008). Wyle was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biological Weapon
A biological agent (also called bio-agent, biological threat agent, biological warfare agent, biological weapon, or bioweapon) is a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, fungus, or toxin that can be used purposefully as a weapon in bioterrorism or biological warfare (BW). In addition to these living or replicating pathogens, toxins and biotoxins are also included among the bio-agents. More than 1,200 different kinds of potentially weaponizable bio-agents have been described and studied to date. Biological agents have the ability to adversely affect human health in a variety of ways, ranging from relatively mild allergic reactions to serious medical conditions, including serious injury, as well as serious or permanent disability or even death. Many of these organisms are ubiquitous in the natural environment where they are found in water, soil, plants, or animals. Bio-agents may be amenable to "weaponization" to render them easier to deploy or disseminate. Genetic modification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Eick
David Eick () (born 1968) is an American writer and producer, best known as the executive producer of '' Battlestar Galactica'', for which he also wrote several episodes. Eick executive produced '' Caprica'' and '' Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome'', and Produced ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' American Gothic'' and '' Cover Me''. Education Eick graduated from the University of Redlands in 1990 with a B.A. in political science and a minor in business administration. ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise In 2003, Eick and Ronald D. Moore developed and executive produced '' Battlestar Galactica'', a “re-imagining” of the 1978 series of the same name. Originally created as a mini-series for Sci-Fi Channel Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olatunde Osunsanmi
Olatunde Osunsanmi (born October 23, 1977) is an American film and television director and producer. He is known for his work on Universal's horror film ''The Fourth Kind'' and for the TNT dystopian drama ''Falling Skies'', as well as being director or producer on several episodes of '' Star Trek: Discovery''. Life and career Osunsanmi was born in the United States to parents who had immigrated from Nigeria. He graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. His first foray in the industry was with a short film he wrote and directed, entitled ''Etat''. The feature explored the 1970s political climate of his parents’ native Nigeria. He went on to direct and co-pen the low-budget horror film ''The Cavern'', before being approached by Universal Studios to helm, produce and write the alien-invasion/horror flick ''The Fourth Kind''. The film claims to be based on "actual case studies" occurring in Nome, Alaska in 2000, and included in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melora Hardin
Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American actress, known for her roles as Jan Levinson on NBC's ''The Office'' and Trudy Monk on USA Network's ''Monk'', and Tammy Cashman on Amazon Prime Video's '' Transparent'', for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Hardin starred as magazine editor-in-chief Jacqueline Carlyle on the Freeform comedy-drama '' The Bold Type'', which aired from June 2017 to June 2021. Early life Hardin was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of acting manager, coach, and retired actress Diane (née Hill) and actor Jerry Hardin. She is the sister of former Flock CEO Shawn Hardin. She moved to San Francisco, California at age five and later attended middle and high school in the San Fernando Valley at Patrick Henry Junior High School and Ulysses S. Grant High School, respectively. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Career 1976–1999 Hardin started her acting career as the young star of the television series ''Thunder'' (1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlett Byrne
Scarlett Hannah Hefner (née Byrne; born 6 October 1990) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Slytherin student Pansy Parkinson in the ''Harry Potter'' series, and as Nora Hildegard in ''The Vampire Diaries''. Career Byrne began her acting career in 2005 in the short film ''CryBaby'', before portraying Chloe Daniels in an episode of the British TV drama ''Doctors''. In 2009, Byrne got the role of Pansy Parkinson in the sixth film in the ''Harry Potter'' series, ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', before reprising her role in the final two films of the series. Following the end of the ''Harry Potter'' series, she played Brittany in '' Lake Placid: The Final Chapter'', as well as appearing in several short videos written by fellow ''Harry Potter'' actor Jessie Cave for her website Pindippy. During 2013, Byrne played the role of Sarah in the short film ''Lashes''. Byrne became a regular cast member for the fourth season of the sci-fi show ''Falling Ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Danso
Megan Danso (born 26 April 1990) is a Canadian actress. Life and work Megan Danso was born in Victoria, British Columbia. Danso first appeared in an episode of the television series ''Painkiller Jane'' in 2007, and thenafter in Canadian television series and television films, among them ''The Troop'' (2009), ''Supernatural'' (2013) and ''Almost Human'' in 2014. She also played supporting roles in ''Jennifer's Body'' in 2009 and ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' in 2015. Her probably best known role is the recurring character ''Denny (Deni)'' in the third and fourth seasons of the US-Canadian SciFi series ''Falling Skies ''Falling Skies'' is an American science fiction television series set in a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic era, created by Robert Rodat and Executive producer#Motion pictures and television, executive produced by Steve ...''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Danso, Megan 1990 births Living people 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John DeSantis
John DeSantis, sometimes credited as John De Santis or John Desantis, (born November 13, 1973) is a Canadian actor, best known as Lurch on Fox Family's television of ''The New Addams Family''. His other work includes a principal role in Disney's Touchstone Pictures film ''The 13th Warrior'', in which he played a Viking warrior named Ragnar the Dour. He has also appeared in television series ''Police Academy A police academy, also known as a law enforcement training center, police college, or police university, is a training school for police cadets, designed to prepare them for the law enforcement agency they will be joining upon graduation, or othe ...'' and '' Supernatural''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Desantis, John Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian people of Italian descent 1973 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treva Etienne
Treva Etienne is an English actor and filmmaker. Etienne guest starred in the ''BBC drama'' '' Death In Paradise'', the CBS spinoff ''Criminal Minds Beyond Borders'', and the CW fantasy/horror ''Supernatural''. He has a leading role in the indie horror movie ''Itsy Bitsy'' and was a recurring guest star for two seasons in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi drama ''Falling Skies.'' His movie roles include ''Terminator Salvation'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', ''Bad Boys II'', '' Black Hawk Down'' and ''Eyes Wide Shut''. His U.S. TV roles include ''Undercovers'', ''The Philanthropist'', ''24'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Medium'', ''Charmed'', ''Angel'' and ''Threat Matrix''. His U.S. independent movie credits include ''Masked and Anonymous'', ''Mob Rules'', ''Compulsion'', ''Green Street Hooligans II'', ''The Changeling'', ''English as a Second Language'', ''South of The Border'', ''Desert Vows'', ''Japan'' and ''Bar Room Babies''. He has produced a short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 19 April 1981) is a Colombian actress. She shared the Silver Bear with Charlize Theron and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her leading role in ''Maria Full of Grace'' (2004). She currently stars as Tabitha Matthews in the Epix television series ''From''. Early life Sandino Moreno was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She grew up in a middle-class family, her father is a vet and her mother a pathologist. She attended Saint George's School in Bogotá, Colombia. Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. Career 2004–2010 In 2003, casting calls for ''Maria Full of Grace'' were conducted in both New York and Colombia where she was initially noticed for her talent at the acting school in Bogotá. She was then referred to a casting audition where she beat over 900 girls for the lead role. She left the college to begin her first movie project. Starring Sandino Moreno as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Ferrin
Jennifer Ferrin (born February 25, 1979) is an American actress. Early life and education Ferrin was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She attended Brookwood High where she was the lead in many high school plays and was a member of the choir. Upon her graduation from high school, Ferrin attended the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama. Career Ferrin played the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's character Esther in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film ''The Locket''. She guest starred in the 2002 season finale of ''Dawson's Creek''. Ferrin's most notable role to date is that of Jennifer Munson Kasnoff Donovan on the daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'', played from 2003 to 2006. She was nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2006, she landed a recurring role on the primetime show ''3 lbs''. Ferrin was one of the four actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995). She also starred in the films ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' (1997), ''Mimic'' (1997), ''Lulu on the Bridge'' (1998), ''The Replacement Killers'' (1998), ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), and ''Like Dandelion Dust'' (2009). For her work in television, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in ''Norma Jean & Marilyn'' (1996), and twice nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, again for her performance as Marilyn Monroe and her leading role in '' Human Trafficking'' (2005). Early life Sorvino was born on September 28, 1967 in Manhattan, New York City, to Lorraine Ruth Davis, a drama therapist for Alzheimer's disease patients ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
