In True Blood, an upcoming HBO series based on the books, this character will be played by Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard.

The Southern Vampire Mysteries’ main character, telepath waitress Sookie Stackhouse, meets Eric in Dead Until Dark the first novel in the series. He appears in all the subsequent novels and saves Sookie’s life on more than one occasion. He also has a brief romance with her in Dead to the World, the fourth book.

Little is known about Eric, except that he is the oldest and most powerful vampire in Area 5, the territory that includes the small town in Northern Louisiana where Sookie lives. The novels hint that he was probably a Viking in his human life. Eric owns a vampire bar called Fangtasia that serves as his headquarters. He runs the bar with the help of his vampire offspring Pam and a few others.

Eric is also the Sheriff of Area 5 and the boss of Bill Compton, Sookie’s vampire boyfriend from the first novel.

Charlaine Harris (born November 25, 1951 in Tunica, Mississippi) is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years. Born and raised in the Delta, she began training for her career as soon as she could hold a pencil. Though her early works consisted largely of poems about ghosts and (later) teenage angst, she began writing plays when she attended Rhodes College in Memphis, graduating to books a few years later.

Biography

After publishing two stand-alone mysteries, Harris decided to establish a series. She began the lighthearted Aurora Teagarden books with Real Murders, which garnered an Agatha Best Novel nomination in 1990. Harris’s protagonist, a diminutive Georgia librarian whose life never turns out quite the way she plans, kept Harris busy for several books, but finally Harris (and Aurora) grew restless in the mid-1990s, and began branching out into other works. She did not resume the series until 1999, save for one short story in a Murder She Wrote anthology titled Murder, They Wrote.

The result of this restlessness was the 1996 release of the much edgier Shakespeare series, set in rural Arkansas. The heroine of the Shakespeare books is Lily Bard, a tough and taciturn woman whose life has been permanently reshaped by a terrible crime and its consequences. In Shakespeare’s Landlord, the first in the series, Lily is caught at a moment when the shell she has built around herself is just beginning to crack. The books capture Lily’s emotional re-entry into the world, while still remaining sound mysteries. The fifth book in the series, Shakespeare’s Counselor, was printed in Fall 2001, followed by the short story “Dead Giveaway” published in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in December of the same year.

After Shakespeare, Harris created an entirely new series for release in 2001. The Southern Vampire Mysteries is about a telepathic barmaid in northern Louisiana named Sookie Stackhouse. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. Each book follows Sookie as she tries to solve mysteries involving vampires, werewolves, and other creatures of the night. The series has gathered a strong following with its unique blend of mystery, humor, romance, and the supernatural. The series has been released in Japan, Spain, Greece, Germany, France, Brazil and Great Britain. Her sixth book in the series, Definitely Dead, was published in May 2006, and the seventh, All Together Dead was released in May 2007.

Sookie Stackhouse has proven to be so popular that Alan Ball, creator of the acclaimed HBO television series Six Feet Under, announced he would undertake the production of a new HBO series based upon the Southern Vampire Mysteries. He also wrote and directed the pilot episode for the series, “True Blood”, which premiered on HBO on September 7, 2008.

October 2005 marked the debut of Harris’s new series about a young woman named Harper Connelly, with the release of Grave Sight. Harper’s been struck by lightning and the experience has left her with a strange ability: she can find corpses and see how they died. Afterward, Harper and her step-brother, Tolliver Lang, make their living from finding the dead. Like her past novels, the Harper Connelly books are mysteries set in the sleepy South.

Professionally, Harris is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the American Crime Writers League. She is a member of the board of Sisters in Crime, and alternates with Joan Hess as president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance. Personally, Harris is married and the mother of three teenagers. A former weightlifter and karate student, she is an avid reader and cinemaphile. She is also a member of the vestry of St. James Episcopal Church.

Bibliography

Aurora Teagarden Series

1. Real Murders (1990, hardback ISBN 0-8027-5769-3, reprint 2007, paperback ISBN 978-04252187161992, UK paperback, ISBN 0-373-26104-7, 1991, paperback ISBN 0-7927-0752-4)
2. A Bone to Pick (1992, hardback ISBN 0-8027-1245-2, reprint 2008, paperback, ISBN 978-0425219799, 1994, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26136-5)
3. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (1994, hardback ISBN 0-684-19643-3, reprint 2008, ISBN 978-0425220528, 1995, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26177-2)
4. The Julius House (1995, hardback ISBN 0-684-19640-9, 1996, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26217-5)
5. Dead Over Heels. (1996, hardback ISBN 0-684-80429-8, reprint 2008, paperback, ISBN 978-0425223031, 1998, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26260-4)
   • “Deeply Dead” from Murder, They Wrote (1997, ISBN 1-57297-194-0)
6. A Fool And His Honey (1999, hardback ISBN 0-312-20306-3, 2001, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26384-8)
7. Last Scene Alive (2002, hardback ISBN 0-312-26246-9, reprint 2006, paperback, 978-0778323648, 2003, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26476-3)
8. Poppy Done to Death (2003, hardback ISBN 0-312-27764-4, 2004, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26504-2)

ISBN 0-373-26104-7

Lily Bard (Shakespeare) Series

1. Shakespeare’s Landlord (1996, hardback ISBN 0-312-14415-6, 1997, paperback ISBN 0-440-22418-7, 2005, paperback reprint ISBN 0-425-20686-6)
2. Shakespeare’s Champion (1997, hardback ISBN 0-312-17005-X, 1997, paperback ISBN 0-440-22421-7)
3. Shakespeare’s Christmas (1998, hardback ISBN 0-312-19330-0, 2005, paperback ISBN 0-440-23499-9)
4. Shakespeare’s Trollop (2000, hardback ISBN 0-312-26228-0, 2004, paperback ISBN 0-425-19699-2)
5. Shakespeare’s Counselor (2001, hardback ISBN 0-312-27762-8, 2005, paperback ISBN 0-425-20114-7)
   • “Dead Giveaway” published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (December 2001)

Sookie Stackhouse (Southern Vampire) Series

1. Dead Until Dark (2001, ISBN 0-441-00853-4)—also available in an audio editionLink closed.
2. Living Dead in Dallas (March 2002, ISBN 0-441-00923-9)
3. Club Dead (May 2003, ISBN 0-441-01051-2)
4. Dead to the World (May 2004, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01167-5, 2005, paperback ISBN 0-441-01218-3)
   • “Fairy Dust” from Powers of Detection (October 2004, ISBN 0-441-01197-7)
   • Dancers in the Dark from Night’s Edge (Harlequin novella) (October 2004, ISBN 0-373-77010-3)—a Sookie-universe story without the character of Sookie Stackhouse
   • “One Word Answer” from Bite (2005, ISBN 0-515-13970-X)
5. Dead as a Doornail (May 2005, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01279-5, April 2006, audio book ISBN 1-4193-3730-0, paperback ISBN 0-441-01333-3)
6. Definitely Dead (May 2006, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01400-3, audio book ISBN 1-4193-9326-X)
   • “Tacky” from My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006, paperback ISBN 0-312-34360-4)—a Sookie-universe story without the character of Sookie Stackhouse
7. All Together Dead (May 2007, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01494-1)
   • “Dracula Night” from Many Bloody Returns (September 2007, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01522-0)
8. From Dead to Worse (May 2008, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01589-4)

Harper Connelly Series

1. Grave Sight
2. Grave Surprise
3. An Ice Cold Grave

Other

• Sweet and Deadly (1981, hardback ISBN 0-395-30532-2, 1985, paperback ISBN 0-345-32101-4, 1982, UK hardback ISBN 0-7091-9700-4, UK paperback ISBN 0-263-74030-7); republished in UK as Dead Dog
• A Secret Rage (1984, hardback ISBN 0-395-35323-8, 1984, paperback ISBN 0-345-32102-2, 1984, UK hardback ISBN 0-7278-1079-0)

See also

• List of crime writers
• Romance novel
• Julia Spencer-Fleming

Sookie Stackhouse is the main character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of eight books written by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris that were first published in 2001.

The series is a first-person account of Sookie’s life as a barmaid and telepath in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. The series has been released in Japan, Spain, Greece, Germany, France, Brazil and Great Britain and has gathered a strong following with its unique blend of mystery, humor, romance, and the supernatural.

Alan Ball, creator of the acclaimed television series Six Feet Under, is the executive producer behind True Blood, a new HBO series based on the The Southern Vampire Mysteries that premiered on September 7th, 2008. In the HBO series, Sookie is portrayed by Academy Award-winning actress Anna Paquin.

Family life

When Sookie’s telepathic powers manifested as a child, her parents initially considered her to be mentally ill, going so far as taking her to a psychologist and “having her brain scanned every other month”. However, Sookie tells of one incident when her father asked her to “listen” in on a business meeting to discern the true intentions of a potential client. She told her father the man intended to take his money and her father took her advice, indicating his unspoken belief in her telepathic ability. Her parents died in a flood when she was seven years old, leaving her and her older brother Jason Stackhouse to be raised by their grandmother.

Sookie’s great uncle sexually molested her and her cousin Hadley from a very early age. When Sookie told her parents of the abuse, they didn’t believe her. After their death, Sookie’s grandmother barred him from contacting Sookie. Her grandmother’s protectiveness saved Sookie from further molestation.

Sookie lived with her grandmother well into her twenties and they had a close relationship. When her grandmother was murdered by a serial killer, it sunk Sookie into a deep depression. With the deaths of Sookie’s great uncle and her cousin Hadley, Sookie and Jason are the only remaining Stackhouses.

Recently, the fact has come to light that faerie blood runs in her family. This might be part of what makes her attractive to supernatural creatures (”supes”) and vampires in particular.

In the latest novel, From Dead to Worse, Sookie meets her great-grandfather, who is a powerful faerie prince and the grandfather of her friends, the faerie twins Claudine and Claude. It is also revealed that Hadley had a son, Hunter, who is now a toddler. He also possesses mind reading abilities.

Telepathy

Sookie’s telepathic abilities manifested when she was quite young. In her hometown of Bon Temps, many people believe Sookie to be mentally unstable, while others deny the fact that she is able to read people’s minds. Sookie says that people’s thoughts are not formed in complete sentences, but rather in minimal words and images. She describes some people as “broadcasters”, meaning that their minds are fairly easy to read.

According to Sookie, both physical and eye contact make an individual’s mind easier to read. The minds of humans are also easier to read, though this also varies depending on the individual. Supernatural beings are much more difficult, as Sookie usually only gets impressions and emotions unless the individual is intentionally broadcasting. Vampires are all but impossible for Sookie to read–which is partially why she begins dating vampire Bill Compton–though she does have occasional glimpses. She keeps these glimpses a secret from everyone, however, as she is convinced the vampires will kill her if they knew.

Living Situation

Sookie lives in the house left to her by her grandmother. While accidents and a fire leave the house in frequent need of repair, Sookie takes great pride in her home. She currently lives with a roommate, Amelia, and Amelia’s Witch mentor, Octavia.

She supports herself by working as a barmaid at a local bar, Merlotte’s, which is owned by local shifter Sam Merlotte, as well as occasionally utilizing her telepathic talents for the local group of vampires headed by Eric Northman. Recently, she’s worked with vampires even higher up in the hierarchy, including the kings and queens of several states. Despite her hard work, she’s not particularly wealthy and often feels strained by the need to support herself, even while her pride leaves her incapable of accepting gifts from her wealthier friends.

In her free time, Sookie suntans, reads, watches television, and attends local football games. While Sookie’s telepathy once left her feeling incapable of getting a post-secondary education, she considers herself to be a great dancer and loves to expand her vocabulary with her word-of-the-day-calendar.

Relationships

Harris describes Sookie as a tanned, blue-eyed, and buxom blond. But although she’s young, fit and good looking, Sookie didn’t have many suitors until she met the vampire Bill Compton. Being able to read her date’s minds was usually a big turn-off for Sookie. And her reputation as a weirdo didn’t make her very attractive either.

Now Sookie finds herself attracted to dominant men with supernatural abilities. Vampires and other “supes” are harder to read than humans, muffling the effects of her telepathy and giving Sookie a refreshing break from the constant noise of other people’s thoughts.

Vampires seem specially immune to her ability. Their brains appear to be blank spaces when compared to the busy tangle of ideas that come from a human’s mind.

Because of this relaxing blankness, Sookie was able to experience her first physical and emotional romantic relationship with Bill, who was turned into a vampire following the American Civil War. He introduced her to the complexities of vampire society in the United States. This led to many difficulties for Sookie but their relationship lasted several months before his infidelity with a former lover, the vampire Lorena, led Sookie to break things off.

As the series progresses, Sookie finds herself attracted to several other “supes”, such as her boss and longtime friend Sam Merlotte, a true shifter who can turn into any animal he wishes. Sookie and Sam kiss several times and they’ve discussed the possibility of a romantic relationship, but Sookie was worried about the effect it would have on their business relationship. She also went out on a few dates with the werewolf Alcide Herveaux. In that case, his violent ex-girlfriend Debbie proved to be an obstacle to a relationship.

Some time after her break-up with Bill, Sookie was forced to care for his boss, the vampire sheriff of Area 5 Eric Northman. Eric was under a witch’s curse that altered his memory and left him vulnerable and more attractive to Sookie than his ordinarily manipulative self. When he regained his memory, he also regained his deep entanglement with vampire politics, leading Sookie to break off the relationship. Eric recently revealed that he recalls all of the events that occurred while he was under the curse.

Sookie also dated the famous weretiger Quinn. However, that relationship became strained after Quinn and his sister disappeared at the end of All Together Dead. Sookie ended the relationship when she realized Quinn would always put his family (his half-sister Frannie and his deranged mother) ahead of her.

Bibliography

The character Sookie Stackhouse appears in the following:

1. Dead Until Dark (2001, ISBN 0-441-00853-4)—also available in an audio editionLink closed.
2. Living Dead in Dallas (March 2002, ISBN 0-441-00923-9)
3. Club Dead (May 2003, ISBN 0-441-01051-2)
4. Dead to the World (May 2004, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01167-5, 2005, paperback ISBN 0-441-01218-3)
   • “Fairy Dust” from Powers of Detection (October 2004, ISBN 0-441-01197-7)
   • “One Word Answer” from Bite (2005, ISBN 0-515-13970-X)
5. Dead as a Doornail (May 2005, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01279-5, April 2006, audio book ISBN 1-4193-3730-0, paperback ISBN 0-441-01333-3)
6. Definitely Dead (May 2006, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01400-3, audio book ISBN 1-4193-9326-X)
7. All Together Dead (May 2007, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01494-1)
   • “Dracula Night” from Many Bloody Returns (September 2007, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01522-0)
8. From Dead to Worse (May 2008, hardcover ISBN 0-441-01589-4)

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (born August 25, 1976, in Stockholm, Sweden), is a Swedish actor and director. He is the son of Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and brother to Gustaf Skarsgård. Skarsgård has acted in several Swedish TV series and movies. In 2003 he was nominated for a Guldbagge for male supporting role in the movie Hundtricket – The movie. Since 2005, with his performances in Revelations and The Last Drop he has taken part in international productions. In 2008 he played one of the main characters in the American miniseries Generation Kill.

Filmography

Film

Television

Director

Lois Smith (born November 3, 1930) is an American actress whose career in theatre, film, and television has spanned five decades.

Smith was born Lois Arlene Humbert in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Carrie Davis (née Gottshalk) and William Oren Humbert, who was a telephone company employee. She is a graduate of the University of Washington.

Smith made her film debut in East of Eden in 1955. Additional film credits include Five Easy Pieces, Up the Sandbox, Four Friends, Fatal Attraction, Fried Green Tomatoes, How to Make an American Quilt, Dead Man Walking, Twister, Minority Report, Tumbleweeds, Hollywoodland and Sweet Land. Much of Smith’s career has been spent in television, appearing in early anthology series (Studio One, Robert Montgomery Presents), soap operas (Another World, Somerset, The Edge of Night, All My Children), and numerous primetime dramas, including The Defenders, Dr. Kildare, Route 66, thirtysomething, The Practice, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Grey’s Anatomy and True Blood.

Smith made her Broadway debut in the 1952 comedy Time Out for Ginger. A member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, she appeared as Ma Joad in their production of The Grapes of Wrath in Chicago, San Diego, and London before bringing it to New York City, where her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination.

Smith lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Awards and nominations

• 1970 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (Five Easy Pieces, winner)
• 1990 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (The Grapes of Wrath, nominee)
• 1996 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (Buried Child, nominee)
• 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (The Trip to Bountiful, winner)

References

1. ^ Lois Smith at FilmReference.com

Lynn Collins (born June 1, 1979) is an American actress.

Her birth name is Viola Lynn Collins. She married 10,000 BC actor Steven Strait in 2008.

She dated British actor Charlie Cox in 2004.

Filmography

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV) (1 episode, 1999)
• Earth Angels (2001) (TV)
• The Education of Max Bickford (TV) (1 episode, 2001)
• One for the Money (2002) (TV)
• Never Get Outta the Boat (2002)
• Push, Nevada (TV) (1 episode, 2002)
• Haunted (TV) (5 episodes, 2002)
• Splitsville (2003) (TV)
• Down with Love (2003)
• 50 First Dates (2004)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• The Merchant of Venice (2004)
• Return to Rajapur (2006)
• The Lake House (2006)
• The Dog Problem (2006)
• The Number 23 (2007)
• Bug (2007)
• Numb (2007)
• Nothing Is Private (2007)
• Life in Flight (2008)
• Uncertainty (2008)
• Eavesdrop (2008)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

References

William Sanderson (born January 10, 1948) is an American character actor.

Biography

Sanderson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. to an elementary school teacher mother and a landscape designer father. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He holds business (B.B.A., 1968) and law (J.D., 1971) degrees from the University of Memphis (then known as Memphis State University).

Sanderson has appeared in many movies, and is known for his role in the 1982 classic science fiction film Blade Runner as J. F. Sebastian. Sanderson portrayed a character named Deuce in an episode of the hit science fiction television series Babylon 5, and later reprised the role in the television movie Babylon 5: Thirdspace. He is also the basis and the voice for the recurring character of Dr. Karl Rossum in Batman: The Animated Series. He starred in the controversial film Fight for Your Life, which has a strict ban in the United Kingdom.

He has made many guest appearances on television shows, and his credits range from The X-Files, Knight Rider, Married… with Children, Babylon 5, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Coach. He plays a key role in an audio dramatization of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Vaster than Empires and More Slow” in NPR’s 2000X series. In 2001, Sanderson played a courageous bartender named Dewey in Tom Selleck’s TNT film Crossfire Trail.

He portrayed “Larry” in the American TV show Newhart from 1982 to 1990, famous for the catch phrase, “Hi, I’m Larry. This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl.” He has returned to prominence playing E. B. Farnum in the HBO television series Deadwood. His role is a tragicomic hotelier and first mayor of Deadwood.

Filmography

• True Blood (2008 television – HBO)
• Painted Forrest (2005)
• Avatar (2004)
• Gods and Generals (2003)
• Monkey Love (2002)
• Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1997) (TV)
• Last Man Standing (1996)
• Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
• Wagons East (1994)
• Man’s Best Friend (1993)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Mirror, Mirror (1990)
• Lonesome Dove (TV mini-series) (1989)
• Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
• Nightmares (1983)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
• The Onion Field (1979)
• Fight For Your Life (1977)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 6/2006 LA Times article states he is 58 – http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1056360091.html?dids=1056360091:1056360091&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+11%2C+2006&author=Susan+King&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=BRIEF+ENCOUNTER%3B+Reluctantly%2C+he’ll+find+his+next+train%3B+William+Sanderson’s+%60Deadwood’+ride+nears+its+end.&pqatl=google

Carrie Preston (born June 21, 1967) is an American actress on both stage and screen. She has also done producing, directing, and editing work in the business. Her husband is actor Michael Emerson.

Biography

Early life

Carrie Preston was born in Macon, Georgia to an artist/art therapist mother and a geotechnical engineer father. After spending her Freshman year at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, she obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Evansville and then went on to graduate from the prestigious school of performing arts, The Juilliard School.

Career

Preston has worked with her husband, actor Michael Emerson, on a number of projects. Emerson plays Ben Linus on television’s Lost, and Preston was a guest star in episode 20 of season 3, The Man Behind the Curtain. She played Ben’s mother Emily for several flashback scenes, though she and Emerson never appeared in any scenes together. Emerson and Preston were both featured in the 2004 comedy Straight-Jacket.

Preston is co-owner of the production company Daisy 3 Pictures with James Vasquez and Daisy Todd.

Selected stage and screen credits

Acting

Film

• My Best Friend’s Wedding (as Mandy), 1997
• Mercury Rising (as Emily), 1998
• Straight-Jacket (as Sally), 2004
• The Stepford Wives (as Barbara), 2004
• Transamerica (as Sydney), 2005
• Lovely By Surprise (as Marian), 2007
• Nothing is Private (as Mrs. Vuoso), 2007
• Ready? OK! (as Andy Dowd), 2008
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 2008

Television

• Sex and the City (in episode “The Chicken Dance” as Madeline Dunn), 1999
• Emeril (as B.D. Benson), 2001
• Wonderfalls (as Sister Katrina), 2004
• Numb3rs (in episode “Dirty Bomb” as Vicky Sites), 2005
• The Inside (in episode “Pre-Filer” as Kelly Comack), 2005
• Arrested Development (in episode “Fakin’ It” as Jan Eagleman), 2006
• True Blood (in episode “Pilot” as Arlene Fowler), 2007
• Lost (in episode “The Man Behind the Curtain” as Emily), 2007
• Desperate Housewives (in episode “You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” as Lucy), 2007

Theater

• The Tempest (as Miranda), Broadway, 1995
• Antony and Cleopatra (as Octavius Caesar), Joseph Papp Public Theater, 1997
• Freedomland (as Polly), Playwrights Horizons, 1998
• Straight Jacket (as Sally), Playhouse 91, 2000
• She Stoops to Conquer (as Kate Hardcastle), Center Stage, 2000
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (as Honey), Guthrie Theater, 2001
• Chaucer in Rome (as Sarah), Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 2001
• Boys and Girls (as Shelly), Duke on 42nd Street, 2002
• No Foreigners Beyond This Point (as Paula Wheaton), Center Stage, 2002
• The Rivals (as Julia), Broadway, 2004-2005
• Hamlet (as Ophelia), McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, New Jersey, 2005
• Cycling Past the Matterhorn (as Amy), Clurman Theatre, 2005
• Festen (as Mette), Music Box Theatre (Broadway), 2006
• Esther Demsac (as the reluctant nanny), NY Theatre Workshop’s 4th Street Theatre, 2008
• Likeness, Primary Stages Theater (307 W. 38th Street), 2008

Directing

Film

• 29th and Gay, 2005
• Feet of Clay, short film written by David Caudle

Theater

• Girl Talk, screenplay by actress Kellie Overbey, 2008

Producing

Film

• 29th and Gay, 2005
• Feet of Clay, short film written by David Caudle
• Ready? OK!, 2008

References

1. ^ Carrie Preston biography
2. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/57/Carrie-Preston.html
3. ^ “”News – January ‘07″”. Daisy 3 Pictures (2007-01). Retrieved on 2008-03-15.

Mark Christopher Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor.

Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California, in 1984, playing on the Championship football team of the same year. Later, he attended the University of San Diego and graduated from the Yale School of Drama.

Bauer played Lloyd Gettys in the 1997 movie The Devil’s Advocate, and appeared as the masked character “Machine” in the film 8mm which starred Nicolas Cage. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in the second season of HBO’s original series The Wire as Frank Sobotka and Billy Crystal’s directorial debut, 61*. On network television, he played Fred Yokas, husband of Officer Faith Yokas, on the NBC series Third Watch from 1999 to 2005. Bauer also played lead FBI Agent Dodd on the short-lived CBS series Smith, and on the Sci-Fi channel, he appeared in the original miniseries The Lost Room In the independent film world, he starred in the movie Neal Cassady as the famous author Ken Kesey.

Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor.

Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He began acting on the television shows A Country Practice and Spellbinder. In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Home and Away, playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father.

Moving to the United States, Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in the Lori Loughlin-starring series Summerland, which ran from 2004 to 2005. He most recently appeared in the films Flicka, with Maria Bello, Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw, and Dead Silence, a horror movie in which he played the leading role. Kwanten has also been cast in True Blood as Jason Stackhouse, a television series based on Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries, also starring Anna Paquin and Sam Trammell.

Filmography

• Signal One (1994), Kid
• Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord (1997), Josh Morgan
• Home and Away (1997-2002), Vinnie Patterson – TV series
• Liquid Bridge (2003), Nick McCallum
• Summerland (2004-2005), Jay Robertson – TV series
• America Brown (2005), Ricky Brown
• Flicka (2006), Howard McLaughlin
• Dead Silence (2007), Jamie Ashen
• Don’t Fade Away (2007), Jackson White
• True Blood (2008), Jason Stackhouse – TV series

Footnotes

1. ^ The Hollywood Reporter (2007-02-25). “Anna Paquin Learns True Blood”, MovieWeb. Retrieved on 2007-03-18.