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Shadowhunters
''Shadowhunters'', also known as ''Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments'', is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on the book series ''The Mortal Instruments'' written by Cassandra Clare. It premiered in North America on Freeform on January 12, 2016. Primarily filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the series follows Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara), who finds out on her eighteenth birthday that she is not who she thinks she is, but rather comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons, and has to deal with the struggle of forbidden love. It is the second adaptation of the novel series, after the 2013 film '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'', which, like the series, was produced by Constantin Film, and serves as a reboot. The debut season of ''Shadowhunters'' received mixed responses from critics. The pilot episode attracted the largest audience for Freeform in more than two years. The show rece ...
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Katherine McNamara
Katherine Grace McNamara (born November 22, 1995) is an American actress, known for playing Clary Fray on the 2016–2019 supernatural drama television series '' Shadowhunters'', and Mia Smoak in the superhero series ''Arrow''. She has also starred as Julie Lawry in the post-apocalyptic miniseries ''The Stand''. Her film roles include Lily Bowman in the 2011 romantic comedy ''New Year's Eve'', Rosa in the 2015 drama ''A Sort of Homecoming'', Sonya in the dystopian science fiction film series ''Maze Runner'', and Amy in the 2021 thriller ''Trust''. McNamara won a Teen Choice Award and a People's Choice Award for her work on ''Shadowhunters.'' Early life and education McNamara was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Ursula and Evan McNamara, who served in the U.S. military. She was raised in Lee's Summit, Missouri, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 2011. While growing up, McNamara was an advanced student in certain subjects, resulting in her being p ...
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The Mortal Instruments
''The Mortal Instruments'' is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by American author Cassandra Clare, the last of which was published on May 27, 2014. ''The Mortal Instruments'' is chronologically the third series of a planned five in ''The Shadowhunter Chronicles'' but was the first one published. It follows Clarissa Fray, who interacts with a group of Nephilim known as Shadowhunters while also discovering her own heritage and her family history. The Shadowhunters protect the world of mundane/human people, who are also called mundanes or "mundies", from dark forces beyond their world. The book series falls under the young adult genre, specifically that of the paranormal romance/urban fantasy and supernatural genres. Novels # '' City of Bones'' (March 27, 2007) # '' City of Ashes'' (March 25, 2008) # '' City of Glass'' (March 23, 2009) # '' City of Fallen Angels'' (April 5, 2011) # '' City of Lost Souls'' (May 8, 2012) #* '' The Shadowhunter's Codex'' (October ...
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Alisha Wainwright
Alisha Ena Wainwright (born July 14, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her leading roles on the Freeform series '' Shadowhunters'' (2017–2019) and the Netflix series ''Raising Dion'' (2019–2022). Early life Alisha Wainwright was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Her mother is from Jamaica and her father is from Haiti. Career After appearing in a web comedy sketch on the YouTube channel Smosh in 2012, Wainwright guest-starred in several film and television productions including ''Criminal Minds'' and '' Lethal Weapon''. In September 2016, her casting as the werewolf Maia Roberts on Freeform's fantasy series '' Shadowhunters'', based on ''The Mortal Instruments'' book series by Cassandra Clare was announced. After being a recurring character in season 2, she was promoted to series regular for season 3 of the show. Wainwright currently stars in the Netflix series ''Raising Dion ''Raising Dion'' is an American superhero drama streaming television seri ...
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Harry Shum Jr
Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and singer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series '' Glee'' (2009–15), Benson Kwan on the ABC television series '' Grey's Anatomy'' (2005-), and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series '' Shadowhunters'' (2016–19). He was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in '' Glee'', winning once. He won the award for The Male TV Star of 2018 in the E! People's Choice Awards for '' Shadowhunters''. Shum has appeared in the films '' Step Up 2: The Streets'' (2008), '' Step Up 3D'' (2010), '' White Frog'' (2012), '' Revenge of the Green Dragons'' (2014), '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny'' (2016), ''Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018), the Hulu web series '' The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers'' (2010–2011) and the YouTube Originals series '' Single by 30'' (2016). In 2020, he starred in Universal's romantic drama '' Al ...
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Emeraude Toubia
Emeraude Toubia (born March 1, 1989) is a Canadian-born American actress and model, who portrayed Isabelle Lightwood on the Freeform fantasy series '' Shadowhunters''. Of Mexican and Lebanese descent, she previously appeared on the Venevisión telenovelas '' Cosita linda'' as Dulce Rincón and '' Voltea pa' que te enamores'' as Stephanie Karam. Early life Toubia was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was raised in Brownsville, Texas as an only child. Her mother, Mirta Sonia (née Solis), was born and raised in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, and her father was Lebanese-American. Her paternal grandparents were from the Koura District, Lebanon. As a child, she was professionally trained in classical ballet, flamenco, belly dance, and lyrical dance. Toubia attended Homer Hanna High School in Brownsville for her secondary education. Since the age of fifteen, Toubia had competed in several beauty pageants; she was crowned Miss South Texas, Miss Rio Grande Valley America, and Miss Teen Bro ...
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Alberto Rosende
Alberto Carlos Rosende (born February 14, 1993) is an American actor and singer, known for his role as Simon Lewis in the Freeform supernatural drama '' Shadowhunters'' from 2016 to 2019. In 2019, he began starring as Firefighter Candidate Blake Gallo in the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire''. Early life and education Rosende was born and raised in South Florida, to Martha Cristina Ferrucho and Alberto Carlos Rosende. His father is a major-general in the U.S. Army Reserve and was named Commanding General of the 63rd Readiness Division located in Mountain View, California, in October 2019. He has a younger brother, Diego, who works in the film production industry. He is of Colombian and Cuban descent. Rosende attended Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, where he appeared in a number of productions, including starring as Link Larkin in '' Hairspray''. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, where he was a member of STA Players, as Danny Zuko in '' Grease'', Emile ...
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Dominic Sherwood
Dominic Anthony Sherwood (born 6 February 1990) is an English actor and model, best known for his roles as Christian Ozera in the teen vampire film '' Vampire Academy'' (2014), Jace Wayland on the Freeform fantasy series '' Shadowhunters'' (2016-2019), Kurt in the series '' Penny Dreadful: City of Angels'' (2020) and Jeff Murphy in the Netflix legal drama '' Partner Track'' (2022). Early life Sherwood was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone for his secondary school education. After studying drama and theatre in Maidstone and Sevenoaks, he left to work abroad, starting in Kenya and working for six months before moving to London. Career Sherwood's first acting role came in 2010, with his appearance as Jack Simmons in the third season of '' The Cut''. The following year, he guest starred as a waiter named Tom in the '' Sadie J'' episode "Cherylistic". In 2012, he had a small role in the drama film '' Not Fade Away'' as a young Mic ...
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Matthew Daddario
Matthew Quincy Daddario (born October 1, 1987) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alec Lightwood on the Freeform television series ''Shadowhunters'' (2016–2019). He is the younger brother of actress Alexandra Daddario. Early life Daddario was born and raised in New York City, the son of Christina Daddario, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor and former head of NYPD Counterterrorism under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His older sister is actress Alexandra Daddario. Daddario's paternal grandfather was Emilio Q. Daddario, a Democratic representative to the United States House of Representatives for the state of Connecticut from 1959 to 1971. He is of Italian, English, Irish, Hungarian, and Slovak ancestry. Daddario attended the Collegiate School, before graduating with a degree in economics from Indiana University Bloomington in 2010. Career Daddario made his major film debut as Aaron in the romantic drama film ''Breathe In'' which was directed ...
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Isaiah Mustafa
Isaiah Amir Mustafa (born February 11, 1974) is an American actor and former American football wide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the main character in a series of Old Spice television commercials, " The Man Your Man Could Smell Like". He is also known for portraying Luke Garroway on Freeform's fantasy series '' Shadowhunters'' and adult Mike Hanlon in '' It Chapter Two''. Childhood Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon to Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, the youngest of seven children in a Muslim family. When Mustafa was 5 years old, the family relocated from Portland to Mission Viejo, California, and his father opened a limousine service in Laguna Hills. Several years after the family relocated to California, Mustafa's father was killed in a car accident. He was educated at Santa Clara High School, and later attended Santa Monica College, before transferring to Moorpark College. Mustafa then studied history at Arizona State University, from which he g ...
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Cassandra Clare
Judith Lewis (née Rumelt; born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series ''The Mortal Instruments''.'' Personal life Clare was born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. She is the daughter of Richard Rumelt, a business school professor and author. Her maternal grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg. Clare is Jewish and has described her family as "not religious". As a child, Clare traveled frequently, spending time in Switzerland, England, and France. She returned to Los Angeles for high school, and from then on split her time between California and New York City, where she worked at various entertainment magazines and tabloids, including ''The Hollywood Reporter''. While living in Los Angeles, Clare began writing fan fiction using the name Cassandra Claire. ''The Draco Trilogy'', based on ''Harry Potter'', and ''The Very Secret Diaries'', based on ''The ...
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Constantin Film
The Constantin Film AG is a German mini-major film production and distribution company based in Munich. The company, which belongs to Swiss media conglomerate Highlight Communications AG, is a large independent German maker and distributor of productions in the entire field of audio-visual fiction and non-fiction. Company activity is based on the five pillars of film production/procurement of rights, TV production, film distribution, home entertainment and licence trading/TV exploitation. Constantin Film AG has released 36 of the 100 most successful German films of the last 20 years, including four of the Top 5: '' Manitou's Shoe'' (11.7 million viewers), '' Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1'' (9 million), ''Fack ju Göhte'' (7.3 million) and ''Fack ju Göhte 2'' (7.7 million). The ''Fack ju Göhte'' trilogy was concluded in 2017 with ''Fack ju Göhte 3'' (6 million viewers) and is now the most successful German film series of all time. Internationally, Constantin Film is best k ...
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Michael Reisz
Michael Reisz is an American actor, writer and producer. He was one of the writers of the hit television series ''Boston Legal'' until its ending in 2008. He was one of the writers and executive producers for the two seasons of '' Shadowhunters''. Also, Reisz's best known for voice role as Yamato "Matt" Ishida from the anime, ''Digimon Adventure'' series, as well as Takuya Kanbara in ''Digimon Frontier''. Early and personal life In his early life. Reisz was trained as a lawyer. He went to Georgetown University. Reisz is gay. Dubbing roles Animation * ''Bleach'' - Igoroshi, Robber (Ep. 83) * '' Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' - Mary-Go-Round, Yellow River * ''Digimon Adventure'' - Yamato "Matt" Ishida * ''Digimon Adventure 02'' - Yamato "Matt" Ishida * ''Digimon Tamers'' - IceDevimon * ''Digimon Frontier'' - Takuya Kanbara (Flamemon/Agunimon/BurningGreymon/Aldamon) * '' Great Teacher Onizuka'' - Additional Voices * '' Naruto'' - Mizuki * '' Naruto: Shippuden'' - Mizuki * '' Transformers: ...
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