Shiri Appleby (Liz Parker)
With a great performance on "Roswell," Shiri Appleby is set to make a name for herself as she builds on an acting career which began when she was 4.
Growing up in the San Fernando Valley just outside of Los Angeles, Appleby first appeared on television in numerous commercials, including those for Cheerios, Taco Bell and M&Ms.
Appleby most recently portrayed a gang member in trouble on The WB's "7th Heaven." Additional guest-starring appearances include "thirtysomething,", "ER", "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Doogie Howser, M.D." She also starred in the cable television movies "Perfect Family" with Jennifer O'Neill and Bruce Boxleitner, and "Family Prayers" with Paul Reiser and Anne Archer. She also starred on Norman Lear's original series "Sunday Dinner."
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Jason Behr (Max Evans)
Jason Behr has been garnering attention from critics and audiences alike for his performances in both feature films and television.
Presently Jason is starring in the WB Television series drama Roswell, portraying Max Evans, a unique and complicated young man who is on a journey discover himself and his place in the world. The show is from New Regency, which also produces the hit television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
A native of Minnesota, Jason became interested in acting at an early age, using his creative energy to act on the stage since he was five years old. He continued to perform and enjoy the challenges of acting throughout his school years. Directly following his graduation from High School, Jason relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his career seriously.
In Los Angeles, Jason was sent out on auditions and was immediately successful, landing guest starring and regular roles for the CBS, NBC and ABC Networks. He was soon appearing on such programs as JAG, Profiler, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He also played the lead role of Dempsey Easton in the ABC Television series Push.
In addition, Jason reoccurred in the role of Chris Wolfe for several episodes on the popular television series Dawson’s Creek.
Jason also starred in the Independent feature film production Rites of Passage, co-starring Dean Stockwell. The film made its debut at the 1999 Palm Springs Film Festival.
Behr currently resides in Los Angeles.
An avid athlete, he enjoys all sports especially basketball and his newest challenge, golf.
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Majandra Delfino (Maria Deluca)
In just three short years, 18-year-old Majandra Delfino has taken Hollywood by storm, with a starring role in "Roswell" and no less than three upcoming movies set for release this year.
The daughter of a Venezuelan father and Cuban-American mother, Delfino was born in Caracas, Venezuela, but moved with her family to Miami at age 3. Growing up, she excelled in academics, but gravitated towards the arts, enrolling in ballet, singing and acting lessons, and soon performing in school plays and community theater productions. At age 10, she danced in "The Nutcracker" with the Miami Ballet.
At age 11, Delfino joined an all-girls singing quartet named China Doll. The group, which included her best friend, Samantha Gibb, daughter of the Bee Bees' Maurice Gibb, specialized in Latin-styled pop. The gorup opended for the Bee Gees at a benefit concert at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami Beach. A few years later, Delfino and Gib left the group but continued to write and record as a duo.
At age 15, her parents, dismayed with her acting aspirations, gave her a 6-month deadline to test the waters-- or fully concentrate on school. Within months, she had secured an agent and won the roll of Kathleen Quinlan's daughter in the family film "Zeus & Roxanne." The following summer, she landed her first television series, playing Tony Danza's eldest daughter on "The Tony Danza Show."
Adding to her big-screen credits, Delfino stars in the upcoming horror spoof, "I Know What You Screamed Last Summer," as well as opposite Linda Hamilton in the coming of age drama "The Secret Lives of Girls." She will also be see in the independent film "The Learning Curve." Delfino just completed her senior year of high school, and resides in Los Angeles.
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Brendan Fehr (Micheal Guerin)
Born in New Westminster, B.C., Brendan spent his early years playing sports and wanting to be an accountant when he grew up due to his love of numbers. In 1990, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and, as he continued with his schooling, his career plans changed from numbers to teaching with very little thought to entering the world of film and television.
In his late teens, others took notice of his strong good looks, and he worked in Winnipeg doing some minor modeling for local catalogue companies. On a trip to Vancouver in the fall of 1997 to visit his family, he decided to check out the local modeling scene. He approached his current management company in the hopes of landing some modeling work but they immediately noticed that he had much more potential for film and television. Within a week, he had landed a Guest Star role on "Breaker High" for UPN and the rest, as they say, is history.
Since relocating to Vancouver, Brendan has been a very active and sought after young actor. In addition to "Breaker High", his credits for television include two different Co-Star’s on "Millennium" for FOX; a Co-Star on the syndicated series "Night Man"; a Co-Star in the USA Network MOW "Every Mother’s Worst Fear"; a Lead in the FOX Family Channel MOW, "Perfect Little Angels"; a Guest Star on "The New Addams Family" also for FOX Family Channel; the lead role of "Michael" in the primetime WB Network dramatic series "Roswell" and a lead in the ABC MOW "Our Guys" opposite Eric Stoltz and Ally Sheedy. His feature film credits include "Disturbing Behavior" for MGM, the lead role of Eddy in the independent feature "Christina’s House", directed by hot up-and-coming Canadian director Gavin Wilding and a Co-Lead role in "Final Destination" opposite Devon Sawa for New Line Cinema. Brendan has also appeared in various national commercial campaigns for companies such as "Shell Canada" and "Champs Sports".
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Katherine Heigl (Isabel Evans)
Though only 20 years old, Katherine Heigl has amassed eight feature films to her credit and makes her television series debut with "Roswell". Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in New Canaan Conn, Katherine got her first taste of the camera lens at age 9 as a child model. By her 12th birthday, she had made her feature film debut in "That Night," with Juliette Lewis. At 14, she had gained substantial roles in several movies, most notably her breakout performance as a rebellious teenager determined to grow up too fast in the comedy "My Father the Hero," alongside Gerard Depardieu. Most recently, she starred in the theatrical release "The Bride of Chucky," the fourth installment of the cult-hit "Child's Play" series. Her other credits include a co-starring role in director Steven Soderbergh's Depression-era release titled "King of the Hill". She enjoyed her first taste of the action genre starring with Steven Segal in "Under Siege 2" as his characters niece who is kidnapped as bait when terrorists seize the train. Additional feature credits included "Prince Valiant" and the comedy "Wish upon a Star."
On the small screen, Heigl starred opposite Peter Fonda in the television movie "The Tempest," which re-situated the classic Shakespearean drams as a Civil-War period piece. She played the pivotal role of 16-year-old Miranda, who is torn between her devotion to her father (Fonda) and her love for a handsome Union soldier.
Between film projects, Kateherine continued to concentrate on school and always returned to life as a normal New England teenager. Once she graduated from high school, however, she moved to Los Angeles to concentrate on her acting career full-time.
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Colin Hanks (Alex Whitman)
Colin Hanks makes his professional acting debut with "Roswell". Hanks grew up in Sacramento, and attended Loyola Marymount University, a liberal arts school in Westchester, Calif, where he began acting, appearing in school productions such as "Noises Off!"
In addition to "Roswell" Hanks has also completed production in the upcoming feature "Whatever it Takes", a high school version of "Cyrano de Bergerac," in which he plays a quirky character named Cosmo.
In one eventful weekend, Hanks landed the role in "I'll Be You" on Friday and started work on the film the next morning- the same day he received a call from executive producer Jason Katims, announcing that "Roswell" had been picked up by the WB.
Hanks is 21 and currently lives in Los Angeles. His father is academy award winning actor, Tom Hanks.
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Emilie De Ravin (Tess Harding)
William Sadler (Jim Valenti)
In a 30-year acting career that spans films such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and theatrical productions such as "Biloxi Blues" on Broadway, William Sadler has played an extraordinary range of roles.
He began his acting career on the New York stage, where he appeared in some 75 productions over a 12 year period, earning him the Obie and Villager awards. His extensive stage experience culminated in his performance in the original Broadway cast of Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning show "Biloxi Blues." For his portrayal of Drill Sergeant Toomey, Sadler received a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the Dramalogue and Actor's Equity Award.
His varied feature film work includes the diabolical villain Colonel Steward in "Die Hard 2," the dim witted inmate Heywood in the critically acclaimed "The Shawshank Redemption," and the Grim Reaper in "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey." Most recently, he appeared in "Disturbing Behavior," directed by David Nuter of "Roswell" and alongside fellow cast member Brendan Fehr. Additional film credits include "Trespass," "Rocket Man," "The Hot Spot," "Hard to Kill" and "Rush." He has two upcoming feature projects; "The Green Mile" starring Tom Hanks, and the HBO movie "Witness Protection" starring Forest Whittaker and Tom Sizemore.
He has appeared in such hit TV series as "Roseanne," "Newhart," "Murphy Brown," "St Elsewhere," "The Outer Limits," and the premiere episode of "Tales from the Crypt," for which he garnered a CableACE nomination. He also had a recurring role on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
Born and raised in New York, Sadler enjoyed a rural upbringing on a 13 acre farm near Buffalo. Though he currently live in Los Angeles for the filming of "Roswell," Sadler and his wife Marni Bakst (a descendent of Leon Bakst, the Russian ballet designer who worked with Najinsky)spend as much time as possible in their antique farmhouse, built in 1790, in upstate New York.
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Nick Wechler (Kyle Valenti)
A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, newcomer Nick Wechsler grew up not that far from the setting of "Roswell," a show that marks his second starring role on a network series. (His first was as Trek in "Team Knight Rider")
The fifth in a testosterone-tilted brood of eight sons, Wechsler grew up in Albuquerque, where his parents and most of his siblings still live. His father is a sheet-metal worker; his mother is a secretary for the U.S. Forest Service. He began his acting career in high school, turning in what he modestly describes as "awe-inspiring performances" in every succeeding school play.
Wechsler moved to Hollywood immeditately after graduating from high school, and spent the next six months trying to break into the business. He soon landed a small role as a purse-stealing punk in the TV movie "Full Circle." Shortly after, he was cast as Kevin "Trek" Sanders, a child prodigy conceived at a "Star Trek" convention, in the syndicated series "Team Knight Rider." He also appeared in "Silk Stalkings,", "Lazarus Man" and the feature film "The Perfect Game."
He currently resides in Los Angeles.
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