Life On a Train Casting
by timothyeraw | created - 17 Apr 2016 | updated - 31 Oct 2016 | Public
1. Lou Taylor Pucci
Actor | You
Lou Taylor Pucci emerged as one of the most promising young actors of his generation when Mike Mills' Thumbsucker premiered at Sundance Film Festival. For his performance as 'Justin Cobb,' a compulsive 17-year-old thumbsucker, Pucci received both a Sundance Special Jury Prize for acting and the ...
2. Hannah Marks
Actress | Turtles All the Way Down
Hannah Marks is an actress and filmmaker who was named one of Rolling Stone's 25 under 25 Artists Changing the World in 2017. Her first feature After Everything (2018) FKA Shotgun as co-writer/director premiered to rave reviews at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival where Hannah was also nominated for the ...
3. Davey Johnson
Actor | The Art of Self-Defense
Davey Johnson was born on December 8, 1978 in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Art of Self-Defense (2019), Father Stu (2022) and Gabby! (2020).
4. Toby Huss
Actor | Copshop
Toby Huss was born on December 9, 1966 in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Copshop (2021), Halt and Catch Fire (2014) and King of the Hill (1997).
5. Robert Longstreet
Actor | Sorry to Bother You
Robert Longstreet was born in the USA. Robert is an actor and producer, known for Sorry to Bother You (2018), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) and The Haunting of Hill House (2018).
6. John Magaro
Actor | The Big Short
John Robert Magaro was born in 1983 in Akron, Ohio, to Wendy and James Magaro, and was raised in the local suburb Munroe Falls. He began appearing in local theatre productions in and around Cleveland and Akron.
In film, Magaro has starred in Paramount's Overlord (2018), directed by Julius Avery. He ...
7. Damon Gupton
Actor | Bates Motel
Damon Gupton is known for Bates Motel (2013), The Divide (2014) and Whiplash (2014).
8. David Jensen
Actor | Midnight Special
Character actor David Jensen born in DuQuoin, Illinois. Studied theater at LSU with John Dennis and worked the early film work of Steven Soderbergh culminating with Schizopolis a low budget comedy in the spirit of Richard Lester and Bunuel. Known for The Mist, Midnight Special, Benjamin Buttons, ...
9. Paul Sparks
Actor | House of Cards
Paul W. Sparks is an American actor. He is known for his roles as gangster Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire, writer Thomas Yates in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, attorney David Tellis in the Starz anthology drama series The Girlfriend Experience, and...
10. Sean Bridgers
Actor | Room
Sean Bridgers was born on March 3, 1968 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Room (2015), The Woman (2011) and Free State of Jones (2016). He has been married to Rachel York since March 25, 1998. They have three children.
11. Christopher Denham
Actor | Argo
Christopher Denham was born in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Argo (2012), Shutter Island (2010) and Billions (2016).
12. Rachel Brosnahan
Actress | House of Cards
Rachel Brosnahan was born in in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1990 and is an American actress. She is best known for her role as 'Midge' Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) for which she has won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television ...
13. Indigo Rael
Actress | Polly Mermaid
Indigo Rael is known for Polly Mermaid, The Luck of Tarah Cartwright (2010) and The Next Kill (2018).
14. John Robinson
Actor | Lords of Dogtown
John Robinson made his acting debut in the Palm d'Or winning film Elephant 2003 directed by Gus van Sant, following this film Stacy Peralta personally selected John to play himself in Lords Of Dogtown 2005 directed by Catherine Hardwicke. John has acted in 40 plus films to include Asia Argento's ...
15. Karla Droege
Actress | Big Fish
There is nothing mysterious about Karla, she functions best when caffeinated.
Her love for coffee inspired her to trek to Guatemala for a month in 2006 to participate in an intensive Spanish immersion program.
Karla's passion for traveling has led her to swim in the Dead Sea (you really do float!), ...
16. Jim Gaffigan
Actor | Chappaquiddick
Jim Gaffigan is a six-time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer, two-time New York Times best-selling author, three-time Emmy winning top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling recording artist. He is known around the world for his unique brand of humor, which largely revolves ...
17. Colin Hanks
Actor | King Kong
Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor. He was born in Sacramento, California, to actors Samantha Lewes and Tom Hanks. Colin is best-known for his work as "Jack Bailey" in the series, The Good Guys (2010) and as "Alex Whitman" in Roswell (1999). Hanks' best-known film role may be in the teen movie, ...
18. Michael Eklund
Actor | The Call
Michael Eklund was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is known for The Call (2013), Errors of the Human Body (2012) and Eadweard (2015). He was previously married to Megan Bennett.
19. Frank Mosley
Actor | Freeland
Frank Mosley is a Texas-born actor and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. He's a fellow of the 2015 Berlinale Talents, 2017 NYFF Artist Academy, and 2016 Workshop for Auteurs led by Abbas Kiarostami. Under the direction of Charles Burnett, he also participated as an actor in the 2016 Austin Film ...
20. Bill Cobbs
Actor | Demolition Man
Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs was an Air Force radar ...
21. James Le Gros
Actor | Drugstore Cowboy
It isn't hard to make James Le Gros bust a gut laughing. Just call him Brad Pitt. Okay, so he doesn't get $6 million a film or have his photo air-kissed by legions of swooning schoolgirls during recess. But if you've caught Le Gros' quirky personality, you may wonder why he's still toiling away. ...
22. Gary Busey
Actor | The Buddy Holly Story
A blond-haired, fair-complexioned actor with a toothy grin and capable of an unsettling glint in his eyes, Gary Busey was born in Goose Creek, Texas, and was raised in Oklahoma. He is the son of Sadie Virginia (Arnett), a homemaker, and Delmar Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager. He has ...
23. Gary Cole
Actor | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Gary Michael Cole is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the TV series Midnight Caller, American Gothic, The West Wing, Crusade, The Good Wife, ...
24. Larry Pine
Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums
Larry Pine was born on March 3, 1945 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He is an actor, known for The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The French Dispatch (2021) and Maid in Manhattan (2002).
25. Arielle Goldman
Actress | The Knick
Arielle Goldman is known for The Knick (2014) and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017).
26. Noah Fleiss
Actor | Brick
Noah Fleiss was born on April 16, 1984 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Brick (2005), Joe the King (1999) and Until Dawn (2015).
27. Joe Anderson
Actor | Across the Universe
Joe Anderson was born on March 26, 1982 in England, UK. He is an actor, known for Across the Universe (2007), The Crazies (2010) and The Ruins (2008). He is married to Elle.
28. Gerald McRaney
Actor | Focus
McRaney holds the distinction of being the last guest star to meet "Matt Dillon" in a gunfight on Gunsmoke (1955) - in the episode, Gunsmoke: Hard Labor (1975), first broadcast on February 24, 1975 (he lost). In fact, in the early portion of Gerald McRaney's career he almost always played the ...
29. Kerris Dorsey
Actress | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Kerris Lilla Dorsey (born January 9, 1998) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Paige Whedon in the television series Brothers & Sisters, Casey Beane, Billy Beane's (Brad Pitt) daughter, in the 2011 film Moneyball, and as Emily Cooper in the 2014 film Alexander and the ...
30. Charlie Tahan
Actor | Ozark
Charles Tahan is an American actor. His notable roles include Wyatt Langmore in the Netflix original crime drama Ozark (2017-2022), the voice of Victor Frankenstein in the Disney 3D stop-motion-animated fantasy horror comedy Frankenweenie (2012), Ben Burke in the Fox dystopian mystery thriller ...
31. Charlie Plummer
Actor | Looking for Alaska
Charlie Plummer stars in the A24 release Lean on Pete (2017), featuring Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny & Travis Fimmel. At the end of 2017, he appeared in Ridley Scott's kidnap thriller All the Money in the World, playing John Paul Getty III alongside Christopher Plummer, Michelle Williams & Mark ...
32. Jacob Lofland
Actor | Mud
Jacob Seth Lofland was born in Briggsville, Arkansas, to Debra and Billy Lofland.
Jacob began his film career playing Neckbone in Jeff Nichols' Mud (2012), with Matthew McConaughey and Tye Sheridan. Lofland was quick to recognize that he fit every adjective of Neck's personality description, as well ...
33. Devin Druid
Actor | Founders Day
Devin Druid, a Virginia native, is an up and coming young talent with work that shows a depth seldom seen at his age. He developed a love for performing after receiving a standing ovation at his school talent show, which brought him the opportunity to serve as the front-man for an all-teen rock ...
34. Liana Liberato
Actress | If I Stay
Liana Liberato is an actress born in Galveston, Texas. She's been working professionally since she was 9 years old. Most notably known for her roles in Trust, Best of Me, If I Stay, and To the Bone. At 14 she won the Silver Hugo Award Best Actress at the Chicago International Film Festival for her ...
35. Joshua McGuire
Actor | Cheaters
Joshua McGuire was born on April 10, 1987. He is an actor and writer, known for Cheaters (2022), Anatomy of a Scandal (2022) and Lovesick (2014).
36. Birkett Turton
Actor | Saved!
Kett was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He started acting in local theater when he was only 4. He performed in several plays including "Lost in Yonkers" and "Broadway Bound". Later, he starred in the independent Canadian film "Rollercoaster" and received a nomination for ...
37. Danny Flaherty
Actor | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Danny Flaherty is an American actor who was born and raised in Bergen County NJ. He is the youngest of four children and started acting professionally at the age of 12 when he signed with his manager. Danny can be seen in many television series and films over the years including The Americans, ...
38. Daryl Sabara
Actor | Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Daryl Sabara is an American actor best known for a variety of roles, including 'Juni Cortez' from the incredible Spy Kids (2001) franchise, 'Hero Boy' from the Robert Zemeckis Christmas film The Polar Express (2004), and Robin Williams' son in the cult classic film World's Greatest Dad (2009). ...
39. Ben Schnetzer
Actor | Pride
Ben Schnetzer was born in New York, to actors Stephen Schnetzer and Nancy Snyder. He began acting in his teens, appearing in the TV drama Happy Town (2010), but, in his own words, wanted to give acting "a proper shot" and moved to London in 2010 to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and ...
40. Jeremy Strong
Actor | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Film work includes Molly's Game, Detroit, The Big Short, The Judge, Selma, Parkland, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty.
Theater work includes A Man For All Seasons on Broadway and extensive work Off Broadway.
Jeremy was recipient of the Lincoln Center Theater Annenberg Fellowship. He studied at Yale, The ...
41. Finn Wittrock
Actor | American Horror Story
Finn Wittrock was born in Lenox, Massachusetts. Finn grew up near the stage of Shakespeare and Company, where his father worked. He moved to Los Angeles at 12 years old and attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). After high school he took a year off and pounded the ...
42. Elizabeth Lail
Actress | Five Nights at Freddy's
Elizabeth Lail stars in Blumhouse's box office hit, "Five Nights At Freddys," based on the wildly popular video game series. She can also be seen in the upcoming indie film "Gonzo Girl," directed by Patricia Arquette and starring Willem Dafoe. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and is ...
43. Finn Wolfhard
Actor | It
A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, actor Finn Wolfhard stars as Mike Wheeler in the critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series Stranger Things (2016). The hit series has received various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a ...
44. Melise
Actress | The Shannara Chronicles
Malese Jow, originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has developed into an actress, songstress, and entertainer.
Malese began her acting career in 1999 with McDonald's commercials when the head of advertising heard her sing and booked her in several spots and jingles. Then in 2002, at the ripe age of 11, ...
45. Gage Munroe
Actor | Nobody
Gage Munroe was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gage is an actor, known for Nobody (2021), Tales of the Walking Dead (2022) and Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017).
46. Mackenzie Munro
Director | Boot Camp
Mackenzie Munro is known for Boot Camp, Salvation and The Borgias (2011).
47. Judah Lewis
Actor | Demolition
Judah Lewis is an American actor. He is known for his main roles in the films The Babysitter, its sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen, and Demolition.
Lewis is the son of Hara and Mark Lewis, who are acting teachers.
In 2014, Lewis played in the Lifetime television film Deliverance Creek.
In May 2015...
48. Ashley Bell
Actress | The Last Exorcism
Ashley Bell made her feature film debut in Lionsgate and Strike Entertainment's thriller, The Last Exorcism (2010). Her performance garnered her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and an MTV Movie Award nomination, while the film grossed nearly $70 million, worldwide...
49. James Landry Hébert
Actor | 1883
Some would say that actor James Landry Hébert (pronounced "Ayy-Bear") was born in Lafayette, LA in 1984. Others would argue that after spending most of his adolescence on an Indian reservation the actor was born while studying theater at Louisiana State University. And still others, James included,...
50. Bob Bancroft
Actor | Parks and Recreation
Bob Bancroft grew up off the grid in the backwoods of Vermont. Sometime in the 70's, he moved from a tent in the Green Mountains to a tiny apartment next to a Jello factory in Hollywood.
He's been a waiter at an all-night deli, a newspaper writer, a magazine and book editor, a ghostwriter for a ...
51. Alan Ruck
Actor | Twister
Alan Ruck was born on July 1, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, and has made over 100 appearances in films and television, and on stage. He is best known for his role as the friend of Matthew Broderick and hopeless hypochondriac Cameron Frye, in John Hughes's Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
During the 1980s...
52. Michael Villar
Actor | Barry
As his diverse list of credits attests, Michael Villar has always been drawn to the unconventional, showing depth and range in every role he plays. Villar was born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to his mother Susan McMillen Villar and his father, Spanish native, Luis Alberto Villar. As a young ...
53. Dodge Prince
Actor | A Cowgirl's Song
Dodge Prince is known for A Cowgirl's Song (2022), Lansky (2021) and The Quest for Tom Sawyer's Gold (2023).
54. David Eigenberg
Actor | Sex and the City
David was born on Long Island, New York, and has a younger sister named Betsy and an older sister named Helen, who is also a gifted actor. The family moved to Illinois when David was four and moved all around the suburbs of Chicago - Evanston, Northbrook, Aurora, and finally Naperville when the ...
55. Eamonn Walker
Actor | Oz
Eamonn Walker was born on June 12, 1962 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Oz (1997), Unbreakable (2000) and Lord of War (2005). He is married to Sandra Walker. They have three children.
56. Eric Johnson
Actor | Fifty Shades Darker
Eric Johnson was born on August 7, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Fifty Shades Darker (2017), The Knick (2014) and Vikings (2013). He has been married to Adria Budd Johnson since August 7, 2004. They have one child.
57. Harris Yulin
Actor | Ghostbusters II
Another one of those frustratingly nameless but omnipresent and talented faces of stage, film and TV, chameleon-like player Harris Yulin has avoided the severe stereotyping lost to many a prolific actor. Benign, balding and often bearded, Yulin off camera was a stark contrast to the tough, ...
58. Josh Pais
Actor | The Dropout
Josh grew up in NYC's infamous Alphabet City, 7th Street between C&D. His father was a theoretical physicist who worked with Einstein, his mother a poet and painter. His first lead in a movie was playing Raphael in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
After going through a traditional actor ...
59. Jason Butler Harner
Actor | Ozark
Jason Butler Harner was born in small town Elmira, New York in a working class family, later raised in Alexandria, Virginia while his parents worked in non-profits. His parents divorced when young, and each subsequently remarrying. He has one brother, and multiple former step-siblings. A ...
60. Mark O'Brien
Actor | Ready or Not
Mark O'Brien is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. He is an English major with a Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University of Newfoundland. His mother was a nurse and his father a truck driver. Mark also has three older sisters. He married actress Georgina Reilly on January 6, 2013 after meeting...
61. Britain Dalton
Actor | Goliath
Britain Dalton began his acting career by happen-chance, when a film student spotted him doing card tricks for a crowd on the street, and asked him to audition for the lead role in Chapman University film: 'Jude's Tribute.' Britain's natural acting style and unique 'look' quickly landed him roles ...
62. Lily Mae Harrington
Actress | Some Freaks
Lily Mae Harrington is an American Stage, Screen and Television Actress, and a Singer/Songwriter. She grew up in a small town on Cape Cod, where she appeared in numerous musicals and theater productions. In 2011, while an undergraduate Classical Voice Major at Westminster Choir College, she was ...
63. Alex Frost
Actor | Elephant
Alexander Robert Frost is an American actor best known for his roles in Elephant and Drillbit Taylor. Frost was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended high school at the Arts & Communication Magnet Academy, in Beaverton, Oregon He had a starring role in Gus Van Sant's film Elephant, in which he ...
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