Guy Thing, A : Cast And Crew


JASON LEE (Paul) has appeared in films for such directors as Kevin Smith, Cameron Crowe, and Lawrence Kasdan. He recently wrapped shooting for Kasdan's ensemble thriller Dreamcatcher, and most recently starred in the comedy Stealing Harvard and appeared in Barry Sonnenfeld's ensemble comedy Big Trouble. Lee previously starred in writer-director Cameron Crowe's acclaimed Almost Famous and re-teamed with Crowe last year for Vanilla Sky opposite Tom Cruise. He also starred with Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt in the MGM comedy Heartbreakers.

Born and raised in Huntington Beach, California, Lee turned a childhood pastime of skateboarding into a professional career. After moving to Los Angeles in his early twenties, however, he developed an interest in acting.

Lee's big break came in 1995 with the lead role in writer-director Kevin Smith's comedy Mallrats. Lee went on to star in Smith's Chasing Amy, for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for best supporting male for his role as Ben Affleck's insecure, outspoken roommate, Banky. Lee went on to play the demonic Azrael in Smith's supernatural comedy Dogma. He most recently reunited with Smith in the comedy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Lee's other credits include a critically acclaimed role as the lonely young skateboarding billionaire in Lawrence Kasdan's Mumford; a pivotal role in the hit political thriller Enemy of the State; a lead role in the romantic comedy Kissing a Fool, opposite David Schwimmer; and American Cuisine, with Irene Jacob.

In the HBO original film Weapons of Mass Distraction, Lee portrayed Ben Kingsley's grandson, Phillip Messenger. He also starred in an episode of HBO's Perversions of Science, directed by Tobe Hooper.

Lee is currently establishing a non-profit foundation for the arts, which will provide grants to artists.

JULIA STILES (Becky) was called "one of the most fearless and talented young actresses in Hollywood" by the Los Angeles Times. She will soon appear in Carolina opposite Alessandro Nivola and Shirley Maclaine. This past summer she starred as Viola in the New York Shakespeare Festival's "Twelfth Night" in Central Park.

Stiles earned critical praise starring in Patrick Stettner's The Business of Strangers opposite Stockard Channing. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. Stiles' Shakespeare-inspired film credits include O, a contemporary adaptation of "Othello;" Hamlet, opposite Ethan Hawke; and the acclaimed comedy hit Ten Things I Hate About You. Stiles earned an MTV Movie Award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance and the Chicago Film Critics Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in Ten Things….

Additional film credits include the megahit Save The Last Dance, for which Stiles was nominated for two MTV Movie Awards. Through a deal with MTV, she is developing Your Life is Now for MTV Films and Marc Platt Productions, planning to star in and produce the film. In addition, Stiles has optioned Mrs. Windemare's Fan, based on the similarly titled Oscar Wilde play.

Stiles' appeared in David Mamet's State & Main; the film won a 2000 National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Other film credits include the critically acclaimed Wicked; Down To You opposite Freddie Prinze, Jr. ; Alan J. Pakula's The Devil's Own with Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt; I Love You, I Love You Not with Claire Danes; and M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake with Rosie O'Donnell.

As a writer, Stiles' screenplay The Anarchist's Daughter was chosen as one of twelve scripts to be included in the Sundance Institute's Writers' Lab. On television, Stiles starred in the NBC miniseries The Sixties. She also starred opposite Ellen Barkin and Oprah Winfrey in ABC/Harpo Films' Before Women Had Wings, and opposite Isabella Rossellini in an episode of Chicago Hope.

Stiles began her career on the New York stage, appearing in a number of plays at the LA Mama Theater and the Kitchen Theater, including "Everyday Newt Burman, Matthew: School of Life. " Julia also starred in Mac Welmann's "The Sandalwood Box. " Most recently, Julia shared the stage with Gloria Reuben and Mary Testa in Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" in New York.

Julia is a spokesperson for The Citizen Scholarship Foundation's "Families of Freedom," which raises money to educate children of victims of the September 11th tragedy.

SELMA BLAIR (Karen), a native of Southfield, Michigan, is best known for her starring role in Cruel Intentions, a youthful retelling of the classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Her sly performance as the bumbling Cecile earned rave reviews and an MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Blair was also nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for her role and won the Movieline Magazine Award for Most Exciting New Face.

After graduating from high school, Blair moved to New York City to pursue photography. Instead, she took acting classes at The Stella Adler Conservatory and The Column Theatre. An agent discovered Blair in acting class, and one week later she received her SAG card for a television commercial.

Blair starred for two seasons as the title character in the WB's Zoe. Most recently, she starred in Legally Blonde and in director Dana Lustig's independent feature Kill Me Later. Blair also starred in director Todd Solodnz's Storytelling. In The Sweetest Thing, Blair reunited with Cruel Intentions' director Roger Krumble and starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate.

JAMES BROLIN (Ken), the recipient of an Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards, is one of television's best-known, most popular stars. Brolin also directs dramatic series television, taking on several episodes of Pensacola: Wings of Gold (he also executive produced and starred) in addition to several episodes of Hotel and an episode of the ensemble Western series The Young Riders. Brolin's feature film directorial debut, My Brother's War (in which he also starred) resulted in a Best Film award at the Hollywood Film Festival.

Brolin is best known for his starring roles in two long-running series: Marcus Welby, M. D. and the immensely popular Hotel. He won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Welby. He also starred in the action-adventure Extreme and the Western serial drama Angel Falls. Brolin's work includes Trapped and the CBS miniseries And the Sea Will Tell. He also hosted the ABC primetime wildlife reality series The World of Discovery. Currently, Brolin is attached to star in VH1's first scripted dramatic series, which will focus on the cutthroat music industry and its myriad of behind-the-scene stories. The series will mark a first-time collaboration between Brolin and his wife, Barbra Streisand, who are both set to executive produce.

James Brolin's feature film career stretches back to 1962 when he made his debut in Take Her, She's Mine with James Stewart and Sandra Dee. After a number of parts in other movies, Brolin landed a starring role opposite Jacqueline Bisset in The Cape Town Affair. He has starred in such major films as Capricorn One; West World, directed by best-selling author Michael Crichton; The Amityville Horror; and Gable and Lombard (in which he portrayed Clark Gable). Brolin also produced and starred in the critically acclaimed independent film Cheatin' Hearts and starred in Allison Anders' well-received drama Gas Food Lodging. His most recent feature film work includes a starring role in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, Master of Disguise, and a commanding role in Denzel Washington's Antwone Fisher Story.

SHAWN HATOSY (Jim) most recently completed filming Soldier's Girl for Showtime. He will soon be seen in two independent projects: in Dallas & Rusty, written and directed by Scott Caan, Hatosy stars with Caan, Jeff Goldbum, and Kelly Lynch; and in Wayne Kramer's The Cooler, Hatosy plays opposite William H. Macy.

Hatosy recently starred in Peter Sheridan's Borstal Boy as Irish writer and political activist Brendan Behan. He also co-starred opposite Denzel Washington in Nick Cassavetes John Q. His other feature film credits include Peter Farrelly's Outside Providence; Wayne Wang's Anywhere But Here with Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman; Down to You with Freddie Prinze, Jr. , Julia Stiles, and Selma Blair; Simpatico, the film version of Sam Sheperd's play; Tangled; The Faculty, starring opposite Elijah Wood and Josh Hartnett; Joyriders; Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays; Niagara Niagara with Robin Tunney and Henry Thomas; The Postman with Kevin Costner; Inventing the Abbotts; and Frank Oz's In and Out with Kevin Kline.

On the small screen, Hatosy starred in the second season premiere of HBO's critically acclaimed Six Feet Under. He also starred in the Golden Globe nominated HBO feature Witness Protection with Forest Whitaker, Tom Sizemore and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

In 2001, Hatosy made his stage debut as Billy the Kid in the La Jolla Playhouse production of "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" for directors Kate Whorisky and Des McAnuff.

LOCHLYN MUNRO's (Ray) recent features include the megahit Scary Movie, Wes Craven's Dracula 2000, the Leslie Nielsen comedies Camouflage and Kevin of the North, and the independent feature Kill Me Later, starring Selma Blair. Munro will also be seen in the upcoming features Pressure, directed by Richard Gale and starring Kerr Smith, and Sidney Furie's Global Heresy with Alicia Silverstone and Peter O'Toole.

A native of British Columbia, Munro's early plans for a career in hockey were thwarted by a leg injury. While doing improv theatre in Vancouver, Munro was spotted by an agent and subsequently won a role in the 21 Jump Street series. He subsequently became a regular in the long running Canadian hit series Northwood.

Although he appeared in Clint Eastwood's acclaimed feature Unforgiven, Munro's Hollywood breakthrough came with his starring role in Dead Man On Campus. Additional film credits include Night at the Roxbury and Duets.

Television credits include regular roles on the series Hawkeye and Two. He has most recently starred in the made for television movie The Investigation, based on the infamous Clifford Olsen serial killer. Munro has also appeared in numerous other telefeatures and specials.

DIANA SCARWID (Sandra) has been recognized for her talent in both films and television. She earned an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Bess Truman in HBO's award-winning movie Truman opposite Gary Sinise. Earlier in her career, she received an Academy Award® nomination for her work in Richard Donner's Inside Moves. In 2000, she starred with James Woods in the controversial, Emmy Award-winning Dirty Pictures for Showtime. Most recently she filmed the HBO movie Path to War, directed by John Frankenheimer.

Her last performance on the big screen was in the successful thriller What Lies Beneath, directed by Robert Zemeckis. Other theatrical films have included Silkwood, Extremities, The Neon Bible and The Cure, to name a few. Scarwid is perhaps best-known for her portrayal of Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest.

She has appeared in numerous additional longform television and cable movies, including If These Walls Could Talk, Bastard Out of Carolina, From the Earth to the Moon, and The Ruby Bridges Story.

Diana has performed theatre in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, and was a member of the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York. She is a graduate of Pace University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, both in New York.

DAVID KOECHNER (Buck) was born in Tipton, Missouri, where by age seven his father had him working in the family business: manufacturing turkey coops. Koechner survived that and enrolled at Benedicton College, and later at the University of Missouri where he studied Political Science. He soon decided that wasn't where his true passion lay, however, and moved to Chicago.

It was there that Koechner spent 10 years training and acting under the legendary Del Close. He studied primarily at the ImprovOlympic, a breeding ground for long-form improvisational comedy. Koechner then joined the cast at Chicago's Second City, appearing in two revues. At Second City, Lorne Michaels spotted Koechner and asked him to join the cast of Saturday Night Live, where he introduced such characters as Gerald "T-Bone" Tibbons, Gary McDonald, a. k. a. "Jokey", and The Fops.

After the 1995-96 season of SNL, David moved on to episodic television and feature film work. In 1998, Koechner starred in the indie Slam Dance favorite Dill Scallion. He got rave reviews for his performance in the Sundance film Dropping Out.

Koechner can next be seen in the upcoming comedies Out Cold and The Guest and the Mr. Show-inspired feature Run Ronnie Run. Off screen, Koechner and his wife Leigh spend much of their time attending to their young children, Charlie and Margot.

JULIE HAGERTY (Dorothy) is perhaps best-known for her performances as Trans American Airlines stewardess Elaine Dickinson in the classic Airplane! films and as Albert Brooks' wife Linda Howard in Lost in America.

Hagerty was born and raised in Cincinnati, where she began acting classes at an early age. After graduating from high school, Hagerty moved to New York, where she performed in her first play. Shortly thereafter, she auditioned for the Abrahams/Zucker spoof of the Airport disaster film and won the role that launched her career.

Hagerty's screen credits also include Rob Reiner's The Story of Us‚ Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy‚ Robert Altman's Beyond Therapy‚ Frank Oz's What about Bob?‚ Peter Bogdonovich's Noises Off‚ Oliver Stone's U-Turn‚ Tom Noonan's The Wife‚ the family film Mel, and Freddy Got Fingered.

An accomplished stage actor, Hagerty received the Drama Critics Award for her role in "Raised in Captivity" and the Theatre World Award (an accolade given to Broadway's most outstanding newcomer) for John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves. " Her stage credits also include "The Odd Couple‚" "Moon Over Miami‚" "Born Yesterday‚" "Front Page‚" and A. R. Gurney's "A Cheever Evening. "

In addition to the American Playhouse presentation of "The House of Blue Leaves‚" Hagerty starred in the telefilms London Suite‚ The Visit‚ Tourist Trap‚ Necessary Pilots‚ and the mockumentary Jackie's Back!. In addition to being the series lead on UPN's Reunited‚ Hagerty has also appeared on numerous series, including ER‚ Everybody Loves Raymond‚ The Norm Show‚ and Murphy Brown.

THOMAS LENNON (Pete) recently appeared in Chris Nolan's critically acclaimed Memento. Additional recent credits include the comedy Out Cold and the upcoming Boat Trip, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. Recent television credits include guest-starring roles on NBC's Friends and Jesse. He also co-created and starred in several pilots for Fox, Hey Neighbor and Reno 911.

Originally from Chicago, Lennon began his career as a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts experimental theater wing. It was here that he co-founded the sketch comedy troupe The State. This group went on to critical success with their self-titled hit series on MTV, with Lennon as one of the producers, writers and stars. The State was subsequently nominated for a 1995 Cable ACE award for Best Comedy Series. After three successful seasons on MTV, the troupe created and starred in The State Halloween Special for CBS.

Lennon also co-created, produced and starred in the smash hit Viva Variety series that helped to launch the Comedy Central network. Lennon played "Mr. Laupin," the host of a faux European variety show. The show garnered a Cable ACE nomination for Best Comedy Series in 1997.

Lennon has also built a strong career as a screenwriter with partner Robert Ben Garant. They have written the comedies You Are Going To Prison, The Reverend Pimp Daddy, Balls of Fury, and are currently working on a Christmas comedy for producer Lauren Shuler Donner.

JACKIE BURROUGHS (Aunt Budge) was recently honored with a lifetime Genie Award for her outstanding body of work by the Canadian motion picture industry. She is best known to international audiences for her role as Hetty in the acclaimed Anne of Avonlea series. In addition to her work in the multiple Emmy award-winning series, Burroughs also starred in the telefeature Happy Christmas, Mrs. King, based on the same character. She also appeared in the original hit series Anne of Green Gables.

Winner of a Genie Award for her starring role in the feature A Winter Tan, Burroughs also received multiple nominations as the film's director, screenwriter, and one of its producers. She also won critical acclaim for her starring role opposite Richard Farnsworth in the Golden Globe-winning The Grey Fox.

Her recent feature film credits include Léa Pool's award-winning Lost and Delirious, On Their Knees and Washed Up. Previous credits also include a starring role in cult filmmaker Guy Maddin's Careful.

Burroughs extensive body of television work includes the role of Mona 'Mother Mucca' Ramsey in the Emmy-nominated PBS miniseries Further Tales of the City and More Tales of the City. She also starred in the miniseries Cover Me and in the television movies Elizabeth Smart, On The Side of the Angels and Elvis Meets Nixon, to name only a few. She resides in Toronto, Canada.

Author : 20th Century Fox