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Impastor
''Impastor'' is an American sitcom created by Christopher Vane. The series stars Michael Rosenbaum, who also serves as executive producer alongside Vane, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum. ''Impastor'' premiered on July 15, 2015, on TV Land. The series was renewed for a second season which began airing on September 28, 2016. On December 13, 2016, TV Land canceled the series after two seasons. Plot ''Impastor'' follows Buddy Dobbs (Michael Rosenbaum), a fugitive and hard-core gambling addict who, in order to hide from a pair of loan sharks, ends up stealing the identity of a recently deceased gay Lutheran pastor who was relocating to Ladner, a small-town community outside of Portland, Oregon. He hopes to keep up the ruse long enough to make the money necessary to flee Ladner, but he is inspired to stay after helping a mother and rebellious son as well as seeing how the townspeople get along peacefully. Over the series, Buddy tries to keep his true life from converging with his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rosenbaum
Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series ''Smallville'', a role that ''TV Guide'' included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Rosenbaum is also known for portraying Martinex in ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', Parker in ''Urban Legend'', Adam/Adina in ''Sorority Boys'' and Dutch Nilbog on Fox's '' Breaking In''. He also has an extensive voiceover career in animation, such as his role of Wally West / The Flash in the DC Animated Universe series ''Justice League'' (2001–04) and its sequel ''Justice League Unlimited'' (2004–06). Between 2015 and 2016, he played the lead role and was an Executive Producer in the TV Land comedy series ''Impastor''. He is also the lead singer of the band Sun Spin with his friend, guitarist Rob Danson. The band's first album, ''Best Days'' was released on February 9, 2021. Their new album, ''Never is what it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Rue
Sara Rue (born January 26, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for her performances as Carmen Ferrara on ''Popular'', as Claude Casey on ''Less than Perfect'', and as the Attorney General in ''Idiocracy''. In 2011, she hosted The CW reality series '' Shedding for the Wedding.'' She had a recurring role in the comedy ''Rules of Engagement'', in which she played Brenda, the softball teammate and good friend of Jeff Bingham. She also had a regular role as Kim on the short-lived ABC sitcom ''Malibu Country'', and appeared in the main cast of the TV Land comedy series ''Impastor''. She is also known for her role as Olivia Caliban in the second season of ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''. Early life Sara Rue was born Sara Schlackman in New York City, the daughter of Joan Schlackman (née Rue), a municipal employee and former actress, and Marc Schlackman, a stage manager. The elder of two daughters, she was raised in New York, where her parents were active in Broadway theatre. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Monroe
Mircea Monroe (born March 11, 1982) is an American model and actress, known for her roles on the TV series ''Episodes'' as Morning Randolph (2011–2017), ''Hart of Dixie'' as Tansy Truitt (2011–2015), ''Impastor'' as Alexa Cummings (2015–2016) and ''Sing It!'' as Stacey Needles (2016). She has also performed in films including ''Cellular'' (2004), ''House of the Dead 2'' (2005), ''Just Friends'' (2005), ''The Change-Up'' (2011) and ''Magic Mike'' (2012). Life and career Monroe was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her first name Mircea is a traditionally male given name in Romania. She says her father chose the name to honor his favorite professor, Mircea Eliade, with whom he studied History of the Religions at the University of Chicago. She lives with her long-term partner, English actor Stephen Merchant, in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles. Her first professional acting job was in the New Line film, ''Cellular''. Since then, Monroe has appeared in various films, and pilots for The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Vane (screenwriter)
Christopher Vane is an American television producer and television writer. His credits include ''Thundarr the Barbarian'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Wings'', ''Suddenly Susan'', ''All About the Andersons'' and ''The Bill Engvall Show''. He was a co-executive producer and writer on ''Good Luck Charlie'' from 2010–2015. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on ''Good Luck Charlie'' as a part of the producing team. He is the creator of ''Impastor'' comedy series,which aired for two seasons on TV Land. Television (series head writer denoted in bold) * ''The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'' (1979) * ''Thundarr the Barbarian'' (1980) * ''The Love Boat'' (1980-1985) * ''Goldie Gold and Action Jack'' (1981) * ''Too Close for Comfort'' (1982) * ''Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour'' (1982) * ''Finder of Lost Loves'' (1984-1985) * ''The Torkelsons'' (1992) * '' Man of the People'' (1992) * ''Shaky Ground'' (1993) * '' Blue Skies'' (1994) * '' Dream On'' (1995-1996) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Gort
Lindsey Gort (born April 24, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her portrayals of Samantha Jones on CW's ''The Carrie Diaries'' and Amy Quinn on the legal drama series '' All Rise''. Career Gort was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. She got involved in the local theater at a young age and her first appearance was in 2009 in a short drama titled ''Goodbye horses''. In 2010, she starred in the drama thriller '' Forgotten Pills'' and the TV movie ''Wing Bitches''. Gort appeared in a minor role in the 2013 action film '' 2 Guns''. Her first major break came in 2013, when after being turned down for the role twice, she was cast as a young Samantha Jones in the ''Sex and the City'' prequel series '' "The Carrie Diaries"''. The older and previous version of the character from Sex and the City was played by Kim Cattrall. Cattrall congratulated Gort on Twitter for winning the role and also offered her some advice on playing the character. In March 2015, Gort joined the dark-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Land
TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division. Originally a spinoff of Nick at Nite consisting exclusively of classic television shows, the channel now airs a combination of recent and classic television series (ranging from the 1960s to the 2010s), original scripted series and limited theatrically released movies. The network is headquartered at One Astor Plaza in New York City. TV Land is available to about 90 million households in the United States as of January 2016. History Launch and debut The network launched at 10:00 p.m. Eastern on April 29, 1996, as Nick at Nite's TV Land. Following a seven-minute short film introducing the network, the first program aired was a syndicated edit of ''The Best of The Ed Sullivan Show'' featuring the Beatles' American debut along with routines by Joan Rivers, Richard Pryor and Señor Wences. The show led off a launch-day lineup that rebroadcast numerous series premieres, pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Lawrence
Colin Lawrence is a British-born Canadian actor known for his roles in film and television. Early life Lawrence was born in London and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is of Jamaican descent. Career Since 1994, he has participated in many TV series, either as guest star or in recurring roles. From 2006 to 2009, he gained recognition as Hamish "Skulls" McCall on the rebooted ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series. In the TV series ''Blade'' (2006) he was the protagonist's father. In the TV series ''Endgame'' (2011) he appeared as detective Jason Evans. In 2011 and 2012, he appeared in 12 episodes as Benjamin Abani on '' The Killing''. More recently, he has appeared in recurring roles as Janko in The CW series '' iZombie'', as Damien in the TV Land sitcom ''Impastor'', and as Coach Clayton in ''The CW'' series '' Riverdale''. Since 2019, He has played the main character John "Preacher" Middleton in the Netflix series ''Virgin River''. Besides his career as a TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Ozsan
Halil Özşan (; born 26 October 1976) is a Turkish Cypriot-origin British-American actor, screenwriter and producer. As an actor, he came to prominence for his role as Todd Carr in ''Dawson's Creek''. He has gone on to appear in various series regular and recurring roles on shows such as ''Jessica Jones'', ''The Blacklist'', ''Graceland'', ''Impastor'', '' 90210'', and ''Kyle XY''. As a screenwriter and producer, he is best known as co-executive producer and co-writer of the Viceland comedy ''What Would Diplo Do?'' starring his Dawson's Creek co-star James Van Der Beek. Ozsan fronted the band Poets and Pornstars as a singer-songwriter until 2008, with his music featured in such media as ''Californication'' and ''So You Think You Can Dance''. Early life Ozsan was born to Turkish Cypriot parents in Famagusta, Cyprus. At the age of three, he moved to England with his family and was raised in the London suburb of Havering. At the age of 11, he gained admission to Brentwood Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Garcia
Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez (born November 28, 1978) is an American actress and writer. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero on the ABC sitcom ''George Lopez'', Yvonne Sanchez on the CBS period drama ''Vegas'', Jamie Batista on the Showtime drama '' Dexter'' and Ella Lopez on the Fox/Netflix drama ''Lucifer''. Early life Aimee Garcia was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother, Eloisa, is from Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, and graduated from Northwestern University's dental school; her father, Hector, is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was in the U.S. Armed Forces. Garcia started acting in commercials as a child, and participated in theater at seven years old. She grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, where she attended Fenwick High School. While in school, she took acting classes at Piven Theatre Workshop. She appeared in local plays and musicals during her time at Northwestern University, where she triple majored in economics, journalism, and French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathon Young
Jonathon Young (born May 8, 1973) is a Canadian actor known for his role of Nikola Tesla on the SyFy show ''Sanctuary''. Appearances include ''The Fog'', ''Eureka'', and ''Stargate Atlantis''. Young is a well-respected stage actor. He is the co-founder of Electric Company Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in which he is also the artistic director, playwright, and actor. Early life Born on May 8, 1973 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, he was raised in Vernon, British Columbia, along with his brother and sister. Their father was a school teacher who started a community theatre in Armstrong, British Columbia. At a "Q&A" after the play ''No Exit'', Young told the audience that his father often brought him and his sister to watch him act and that this is where his love for theatre began. Becoming an actor was never a choice, but rather just something he knew he was going to do. Career Young is a graduate of the Studio 58 theatre school at Langara College, Vancouver, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonita Friedericy
Bonita Anne Friedericy (born October 10, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her role as Diane Beckman in the NBC series ''Chuck''. Her husband is actor John Billingsley. Early life Friedericy was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, was raised in Palos Verdes, California, and worked as a teacher for nearly 13 years to help supplement her acting income. Career In the 1990s, she began her career on stage, and won Ovation Award for her role in the Los Angeles production of ''Our Country's Good''. She later guest-starred in a number of television shows, such as ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''Veronica Mars'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Bones'', ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Parks and Recreation'', '' The Nine'', ''The West Wing'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Castle'', ''Monk''. In film, Friedericy appeared in ''Christmas with the Kranks'', ''Alien Raiders'', ''Paranormal Activity 3'', and '' The Lords of Salem''. From 2007 to 2012, Friedericy starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mekia Cox
Mekia Cox (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress and dancer, known for her recurring role as Sasha in the second and third seasons of The CW drama '' 90210'', Dr. Robyn Charles in the NBC medical drama ''Chicago Med'' and her role as a dancer in the Michael Jackson concert series '' This Is It'' and the related film ''Michael Jackson's This Is It''. In 2010, she co-starred as Lizzy Gilliam in the short-lived NBC spy drama '' Undercovers''. She is also known for her role as Princess Tiana in the ABC fantasy drama ''Once Upon A Time'' and for her role as Detective Nyla Harper in the ABC police drama '' The Rookie''. As a youth, Cox had a history of dance and theater training experience. Much of her early work was associated with Universal Studios and Nickelodeon. She continued to train in the performing arts in high school and college. Subsequently, she toured nationally in stage productions of musicals, including '' Fame''. Early life and education Cox, a St. Croix nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
