Thom Adcox-Hernandez
Thom Adcox, a native of Detroit Michigan, moved to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue his dream of being an actor and entertainer. Upon his arrival, he began to broaden his abilities and discipline by teaching dance to children in exchange for tuition. An agent took notice of his talent while observing one of his classes, signed him on the spot, and helped launch his career in film and television.
As a dancer, Thom toured with the biggest names in the dance world and featured in some of the most memorable music videos of all time with artists like Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul.
Notable television roles include the series regular Brian on Falcon Crest, Darin in the Liberace movie, Hughy in It Came from Outer Space II, and Augie Berger in My Life as a Babysitter. His feature film credits include Under Siege 2 with Steven Seagal, For the Boys with Bette Midler, the character Corky in the cult horror classic Popcorn, and as Dan Irvin in the crtically-acclaimed Entertaining Angels, in which he starred alongside with Martin Sheen, Moira Kelley, and Heather Graham.
In addition to his onscreen accomplishments, Thom’s voiceover career runs the gambit—from countless, over 2000 television and radio commercials to some of the most beloved animated characters of all time. This list includes The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat as Felix, Lexington in Gargoyles and Gargoyles – The Goliath Chronicles, Dipstick in 101 Dalmatians, Simon in Steven Spielberg’s Invasion America (a role personally cast by Mr. Spielberg), Sammy in W.I.T.C.H, Phineas Mason in The Spectacular Spiderman, Klarion the Witchboy in Young Justice, Milo in Sophia the First, and many others.
In his spare time, Thom is an animal rights activist and animal rescue advocate and volunteer. He is an avid tennis player and proud parent to his animal kids Petey, Cody, and Toby.
You can learn more about Thom Adcox-Hernandez on IMDB or on his website thomadcox.com.
Brigitte Bako
Brigitte Bako is a Canadian Oscar, Emmy, and Writers guild award nominee. She is the creator, writer, star, and executive producer of the hit Canadian cable series, G-spot. The show is one of the most loved and popular shows in Canada. It has been sold all over the world and has garnered numerous award nominations and including Best Comedy Series—three years in a row; Best Comedic Actress in a series; and Best Comedy Ensemble. The series aired on HBO Canada and HULU in the US, and is now streaming on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Tubi.
Brigitte Bako also has an impressive list of film and television credits to her name, working along side such greats as Ralph Fiennes, Michael Keaton and Angela Basset. Brigitte has also had the honor of working with some of Hollywood’s most accomplished directors including Academy Award winners Katherine Bigelow and Martin Scorsese. As a series creator, Brigitte has worked with producer Gavin Palone (Curb your Enthusiasm) for a pilot at HBO, Teri Weinberg (Ugly Betty, The Office) for a show at IFC, and with Paul Abbott (Shameless) for a series for Sky TV UK.
As a voice actress, fans should recognize Brigitte as the voice of Angela in Gargoyles and Monique Dupre in Godzilla: The Series.
This year Brigitte worked on her first book-to-tv adaption, bringing Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess, by Gael Greene about the famed food critic who worked at New York magazine for 40 years, to Amazon TV.
Bako currently maintains residences in both Los Angeles and New York.
You can learn more about Brigitte Bako on IMDB, and follow her on Instagram as @theofficialbrigittebako.
Keith David
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Keith David is a classically trained, multiple Emmy award winning actor. He is currently shooting a new series for producer JJ Abrams and HBO Max entitled Duster. He recently shot The Gray House, a drama series produced by Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman. Previously Keith starred alongside Zoe Saldana in the Netflix limited series From Scratch, for which he won the NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series. Keith was featured in Jordan Peele’s latest film Nope. He starred in the TV series Greenleaf for Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network for 5 seasons. He also recently starred in Black As Night for Blumhouse / Amazon.
In Greenleaf Keith portrayed Bishop James Greenleaf, the charismatic and God-fearing leader of the Calvary Fellowship and the patriarch of the family. The series followed the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family, their scandalous secrets and lies, and their sprawling Memphis megachurch. The series was praised for its push and pull dynamic, its hypocrisy, and its compelling characters. Keith’s stellar performance was best stated by The Hollywood Reporter, “… Keith David …is perfectly cast as Bishop Greenleaf. Whether he’s playing to the congregation at the altar or getting conspiratorial in a smaller venue, this is an unusually great and meaty role for David.”
Other big screen credits include Keith co-starring in Chadwick Boseman’s last film 21 Bridges. Prior appearances include Night School with Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish and Tales from the Hood 2. Other highlights from Keith’s movie career include the Academy award-winning films Crash and Platoon. He is widely recognized for appearing in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, Requiem for a Dream, Men at Work, They Live, There’s Something About Mary, and The Thing.
Other recent TV credits include Leverage: Redemption, Creepshow, NCIS: New Orleans, Blackish, and MacGyver. Earlier credits include Community, Enlisted, ER, and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. On Broadway, Keith starred in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars and Jelly’s Last Jam, for which he garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.
Keith’s work as a voice actor has made him a household name. His rich and powerful voice has been featured in national commercials, award shows, documentaries, video games, and animation. By virtue of his long collaboration with award winning documentarian Ken Burns, Keith has earned three Emmys for narrating Jackie Robinson, The War, and Unforgivable Blackness – The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. His most recent narration was for Muhammad Ali: A Documentary by Ken Burns. Other voice acting credits include countless fan favorites such as Adventure Time, Bojack Horseman, Rick & Morty, Spawn, and Gargoyles. Keith has lent his voice to many videogame titles. Recently he portrayed the character “Spawn” in the reboot of Mortal Kombat. Other appearances include the Halo series (games 2, 3, and 5), the Saint’s Row series (games 1, 2, and 4), as well as the Mass Effect series (games 1,2, and 3).
Born and raised in New York by his parents Lester and Dolores, Keith became interested in the arts at a very young age. After appearing in his school’s production of The Wizard of Oz, he knew this was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He enrolled in New York’s High School of the Performing Arts and continued his studies at The Juilliard School. After graduation, he was immediately hired by Joseph Papp as an understudy for the role of Tullus Aufidius in William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. His work with Mr. Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival launched his incredible career.
In addition to his versatile acting and voiceover work, Keith is also a remarkable singer. He has presented Too Marvelous for Words, in which he portrays the legendary singer Nat King Cole, at venues around the country. He is developing a show about the legendary Blues singer Joe Williams, Here’s to Life.
You can learn more about Keith David him on IMDB, and follow him on his Facebook Page, or on Instagram as @SilverThroat or X (formerly Twitter) as @ImKeithDavid
Zehra Fazal
Zehra Fazal is an actor, singer and voice artist who hopes to ignite and nurture the inner strengths, passions and imaginations of young people through storytelling. She has portrayed characters on animated series for Disney, Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, Comedy Central, Netflix, and Cartoon Network. Notable animation credits include Amphibia, Big City Greens, Big Hero 6 The Series, My Adventures with Superman, Young Justice, Batman: A Death in the Family, Craig of the Creek, Bojack Horseman, Voltron Legendary Defender, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Dew Drop Diaries, Star Trek Prodigy, and Beavis and Butthead.
Fazal has also lent her voice to several interactive titles and video games, including Wonder Woman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League; the Announcer in Apex Legends; The Mighty Thor in Marvel’s Avengers; Halo: Infinite, Borderlands 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Destiny 2, and League of Legends. On-camera, Fazal has appeared in How to Get Away With Murder, Magnum PI, Lucifer, Mr. Mayor, and Warped! In 2019, she won two Society of Voice Arts and Science (SOVAS) Awards for her promo work as the voice of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and overall Outstanding Body of Work.
Fazal has a BA in Japanese Language and Literature with Honors from Wellesley College, studied acting in Japan through Stanford University and the Takarazuka Revue Company, and trained in Los Angeles with the Groundlings, Charlie Adler, and Stephen Book. She has performed on stages across the world, notably Off-Broadway at Cherry Lane Theatre where she produced her award-winning, one-woman show for the New York International Fringe Festival in 2010, and most recently at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
The proud daughter of Indian and Pakistani immigrants, Fazal is a passionate supporter of Paani Project, a nonprofit that works with community partners and institutions in the United States and Pakistan to help alleviate clean water inaccessibility and address a variety of disparities in rural South Asian communities. Fazal is based in Los Angeles and represented by A3 Artists Agency and NOVA Talent Group.
You can learn more about Zehra Fazal on IMDB, and follow her on Instagram as @ZehraFazal or X (formerly Twitter) as @ZehraFazal.
Carlos Hernandez
New York Times Bestseller Carlos Hernandez is the author of the critically-acclaimed short story collection The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria (Rosarium, 2016), the novel Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Disney Hyperion, 2019), which won the 2019 Pura Belpré Award from the American Library Association, and its sequel, Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe (2020). He’s also written dozens of short stories, poems, and works of drama, usually in the SFF mode, which have found homes in magazines such as Uncanny, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and many others. Recently, he’s written several one-shots for Marvel Comics, both in-print and in digital formats, and just completed a three-story arc for them for the Strange Academy line.
Carlos earned his Ph. D. in English, with an emphasis in Creative Writing, from Binghamton University in 2000. He is Professor of English at the City University of New York (CUNY), where he teaches Composition, Creative Writing, Science Fiction, and other courses at BMCC. Carlos has been a Visiting Professor of English at Western Colorado University’s Graduate Creative Writing Program, and more regularly teaches graduate classes at the CUNY Graduate Center, where he runs courses in the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Program. His academic interests have centered around game-based learning in postsecondary environments; since 2008, he has worked extensively in game writing and game design.
He has served as lead writer and a game designer on the CRPG Meriwether, as a writer and designer for the installation art of Mary Miss, and as literary curator on the Apple Arcade game Dear Reader, among other video games. As a co-founder of the CUNY Games Network and of the Board Game Designers Group of New York, he’s contributed to the development of many board and card games, both educational and commercial. Most recently, he and his wife, award-winning author C. S. E. Cooney, have successfully Kickstarted their GM-less roleplaying game Negocios Infernales, which will be published by Outland Entertainment in 2024.
You can learn more about Carlos Hernandez on his website hernandooney.com. Carlos is feeling disheartened about social media, but you can find him on Instagram @writeteachplay.
Susanna Malak
Susanna Malak is an actress who has appeared in multiple large franchise projects, though is often rarely recognizable should you meet her on the street. Her work with elaborate makeup, costuming, and creature effects truly makes her standout above the rest despite of, or possibly because of, her smaller stature.
Susanna is a regular player in the incredible Star Wars franchise. She has co-starred in three seasons of The Mandalorian as various creature characters, as well as playing a creature called Keteerian in Ashoka. She played as a member of The Lucky Three in the very first episode “Chapter 1: The Mandalorian.” She also played one of the Melitto, a species of insect-like humanoids as seen in the episode “Chapter 21: The Pirate.” She can also be seen as Gas Mask in The Book of Boba Fett, but she might be best known for her roles playing one of the infamous Jawas in numerous episodes of both series.
Away from these iconic roles, Susanna can also be found playing multiple characters on the Alien Danger series and The Prank Panel with Johnny Knoxville. More recently, you may have heard her voice in It Wants Blood 2 as Rhonda, and she will also be in the upcoming The WereTiger Queen voicing the Voodoo Loca. She started her career on Mad TV, and her incredible timing and sense of humor carries over from the screen into real life as well.
You can learn more about Susana Malak on IMDB, and follow her on Instagram as @1shortbitch.
Miss Shannan Paul
Miss Shannan Paul is a Comedian, Radio and Television host, Keynote Speaker, Benefit Auctioneer, Voice Actor and Event Host. She has appeared on Nick Mom’s Night Out, Laughs TV, Hulu and as part of the SXSW Comedy and Music Festival. She has performed with Louie Anderson, Sinbad, and Christopher “Kid” Reid. She regularly brings her wit, whimsy and pop culture expertise to Twin Cities television as part of The Jason Show. You can hear Miss Shannan weekly on MyTalk 107.1, 830 WCCO, and on her podcast, Be Our Geek.
Miss Shannan Paul uses her art to care for her son and make the lives of other people better. She was named “Best Stand-up Comedian” by City Pages Magazine in their “2020 Best of the Twin Cities.” Campus Activities Magazine® included her as one of eight Top Speaker Picks for 2015.
A self-labeled Geek, Miss Shannan brings roaring laughter to even the most curmudgeonly of crowds. Twin Cities newspaper, the City Pages said, “No matter where you’ve seen (or heard) her, you know just how great Miss Shannan is. With comedy that’s personal and relatable, she has the ability to make you feel like you’ve been friends for years, even if you’re only seeing her for the very first time.” Her storytelling and irresistible smile are sure to crack up even the most stone-faced curmudgeon. She can relate to everyone whether they be business professionals, students, sci-fi fans, sports enthusiasts, or suburban moms.
In 2023, Miss Shannan Paul was the event emcee for over 70 Live Events and conducted 26 Benefit Auctions. She is an active board member for the Pacer Center, an organization that expands opportunities for children and young adults with disabilities, and volunteers with the Autism Society of Minnesota. Her diversity and inclusion expertise is displayed through her current role as Chair of the Inclusion and Diversity Commission for the City of Crystal Minnesota, and through her work as the Diversity and Community Relations Director for the Twin Cities Film Fest. She is near her certification as a Certified Diversity Professional through the Society of Diversity.
You can learn more about Miss Shannan on IMDB or on her website missshannan.com, and follow her on her Facebook Page, or on Instagram as @missshannan or X (formerly Twitter) as @missshannan.
Greg Weisman
Greg Weisman (BA Stanford, MPW U.S.C.) has been a storyteller all his life.
Greg is probably best known for his work in animation, creating and/or showrunning on such series as Gargoyles (Disney), W.I.T.C.H. (Disney), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Sony and Marvel), Star Wars Rebels (Lucasfilm and Disney), and Young Justice (Warner Bros. and Max). In addition, he’s been a Writer, Story Editor, Producer, Voice Director and Voice Actor on numerous series and movies.
But Greg has also done extensive work in publishing. His first professional work was as an Associate Editor and Freelance Writer for DC Comics, where he worked on the Captain Atom title, among others. Since then, he’s continued to work in comics for multiple publishers. Greg wrote both Gargoyles and Gargoyles: Bad Guys comic books for SLG Publishing and Disney, The Amazing Spider-Man, Starbrand & Nightmask and The Spectacular Spider-Men for Marvel Comics, the New York Times’ Bestselling Star Wars Kanan for Marvel and Lucasfilm, Young Justice and Young Justice: Targets for DC Comics, and the new Gargoyles, Gargoyles: Dark Ages and Gargoyles Quest comics for Dynamite Comics and Disney. Gargoyles #1 broke records as Dynamite’s best-selling comic ever.
Greg’s first novel, Rain of the Ghosts, was published in 2013; its sequel, Spirits of Ash and Foam, arrived in 2014. The full-cast unabridged AudioPlay of Rain of the Ghosts is currently available on Amazon and iTunes, etc. More novels followed. World of Warcraft: Traveler hit bookstores in 2016. Its follow-up, World of Warcraft: Traveler: The Spiral Path, arrived in 2017. Magic the Gathering: War of the Spark: Ravnica (another New York Times Bestseller) came out in 2019, and Magic the Gathering: War of the Spark: Forsaken came out in 2020.
Greg is blessed to have a wonderful wife and two amazing (and very grown-up) kids.
You can learn more about Greg Weisman on IMDB or on his website, Ask Greg, and follow him on X (formerly Twitter) as @Greg_Weisman.
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