Characters

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  Nathan Fillion began his acting career by taking a number of small roles in television, film, and theater.  In 1994, he moved to New York City and played the role of Joey Buchanan on the soap opera "One Life to Live" for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for 'Outstanding Younger Actor' in 1996.
  
  Fillion gained a large group of fans when he starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the Joss Whedon TV series "Firefly" (2002), having previously been a regular on "One Life to Live" (1996) and "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998). Fillion had also appeared in small roles in the films "Blast from the Past" (1999) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Whedon gave Fillion a chance to display his range when he cast Fillion as the twisted preacher Caleb, a villain, in the final season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).
  
  When "Firefly" (2002) was prematurely canceled in 2002, the show's cast, crew, and many fans were devastated. Whedon vowed to resurrect the series in some way, and Fillion played Captain Reynolds again in the film "Serenity" (2005). Fillion followed this film with more big screen leading roles in horror-comedy "Slither" (2006) and the paranormal thriller "White Noise 2: The Light" (2007). He also continued in television, starring in the TV series "Drive" (2006).

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  In high school, Fiorello LaGuardia School of Arts, she majored in vocal, and she is a gifted mezzo-soprano, as well as a jazz and gospel singer. She applied for several colleges, but didn't attend to any of them because she couldn't afford them. She started out working at the Lincoln Center Theater Company answering phones. She also worked in the saloon across the street from her aforementioned work place.
  
  Gina then got her own agent and started her professional acting career in musicals and theatre plays. Gina started her small screen appearances in the daytime soap opera "One Life to Live" (1996). Since then she's been in many TV productions; "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1997), "Cleopatra 2525" (2000), "Alias" (2001) and "Firefly" (2002) are only some of the series she's appeared in over the years.
  
  Her big screen appearances include movies such as "The Matrix: Reloaded" (2003), "The Matrix: Revolutions" (2003), "Hair Show" (2004), "Fair Game" (2005) and "Serenity" (2005). She married her Matrix co-star Laurence Fishburne in September, 2002. Torres received an award for her outstanding performance in "Cleopatra 2525" in 2000.

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  Alan Tudyk, born in El Paso, went to study drama at Lon Morris Jr. College in 1990. While there he was awarded the Academic Excellence Award for Drama. Alan went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard conservatory, but left in 1996 before earning a degree.
  
  After a number of smaller stage productions, and a small role in the movie "Patch Adams" (1998), Alan landed his first Broadway role with "Epic Proportions" (1999). He quickly became a sought-after comedic actor, with roles in such films as "28 Days" (2000) and "A Knight's Tale" (2001). In 2002, Alan got the role of Wash, the wise-cracking pilot of Serenity on the short-lived series "Firefly" (2002).
  
  Alan played the beloved "Steve the Pirate" in the movie "Dodgeball" (2004) and the voice of the robot "Sonny" in I, Robot (2004). In 2005 Alan reprised the role of Wash in "Serenity", the feature film version of the series Firefly. The same year he went back to Broadway from June to November, taking over the role of Lancelot for Hank Azaria in the successful musical "Spamalot" (2005).

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  Morena Baccarin was born in Rio De Janero, Brazil in 1979, but was raised in New York City. She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, the High School made famous in the movie Fame and the subsequent television series. Upon graduation, she was accepted into the prestigious Julliard School for the Performing Arts.
  
  Morena landed her first film role in the independent film "Perfume" (2001). The same year she played the lead role of Rebecca in the film "Way Off Broadway" (2001), which garnered rave reviews and earned Morena the "Best Actress" award at the Wine Country Film Festival. After a minor role in the film Roger "Dodger" (2002), she got her first television role as Inara Serra on the critically acclaimed series "Firefly" (2002). She played the same roll in the movie "Serenity" (2005).

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  Originally from Chicago, Adam Baldwin began his accomplished film and television career in the title role of "My Bodyguard" (1980). During that same year, he caught the attention of director Robert Redford, who cast him in the Academy Award-winning feature film "Ordinary People" (1980).
  
  Adam has appeared in the recurring roles of evil law firm liaison Marcus Hamilton in the final season of "Angel" (2004) and as Colonel Dave Dixon on the hit science fiction series Stargate: SG-1 (2004).
  
  Adam is also familiar to TV audiences as the FBI informant soldier Knowle Rohrer on "The X-Files" (2001). Baldwin is most famous for his roles in "Independence Day" (1996), "The Patriot" (2000) and "The Poseidon Adventure" (2005). His big role in "Firefly" (2002) as Jayne Cobb was reprised in the movie "Serenity" (2005).

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  Jewel was born in White Rock, British Columbia, but her family moved almost immediately to Maui where she lived until she was four. In 1986, Jewel's family moved to her current home town of Vancouver. There she was approached by a Sears representative to appear in a video for the department store.
  
  Her modeling career was underway and modeling jobs led to commercials which in turn led to larger acting roles. After some small roles in movies and TV series, her big break came with her role in the series "Flash Forward" for which she won a Gemini Award in 1996. She was featured in a number of other series, but is probably best known for playing the role of Kaylee on the short lived Joss Whedon series "Firefly" (2002) and the movie sequel called "Serenity" (2005).

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  Sean graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama. Sean's first television series was the Fox series entitled "Ryan Caulfield: Year One" (1999). It was cancelled after the first two episodes. Despite the failure of the show, Sean received favorable reviews and was casted in a recurring role on "Party of Five" (2000) as Julia Salenger's love interest.
  
  After his work on Party of Five, Sean co-starred in "The Street" (2000) as an ex-Navy Seal turned Wall Street trader. The show was not successful. In 2001, he starred in the ABC/Disney remake of "Brain's Song". Consequently, Sean accepted the role of Dr. Simon Tam on the Joss Whedon series, "Firefly" (2002). The series was cancelled in season 1. Sean made his feature film debut in 2004 starring in the independent film, "Living 'Til the End". In 2005, he reprised the role of Dr. Simon Tam in Joss Whedon's film, "Serenity".

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  Newcomer Summer Glau is from San Antonio. When she was younger, she was a professional ballet dancer. Her ballet training schedule required her to be home schooled by her mother from Grades 3 to 12. She secretly wanted to become an actress. Later on, she began acting and started out slowly. She was in a range of commercials and theatre productions.
  
  Eventually she made a small appearance in the movie "Sleepover" (2004). However, she was finally noticed by Joss Whedon after being in an episode of "Angel" (2002). Joss ended up casting her for the role of River Tam in "Firefly" (2002) and the movie "Serenity" (2005).

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  Growing up in Evansville, Indiana, he received a B.A. degree in Drama and Literature. After graduating, he moved to Hollywood and had numerous guest appearances on television before being cast in the popular sitcom "Barney Miller" (1975).  Over his career Ron has received many awards in theatre, and has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award.
  
  He currently serves as Chairman of the Board for the Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center. In 2002, Ron landed a role as one of the main characters, Shepherd Book, on Joss Whedon's hit science fiction show "Firefly". The series only lasted one season, but it received a huge fan base. In 2005, the continuation movie "Serenity" was filmed. If there are any future Firefly projects, Ron probably won't be in them, as his character died in the movie.