Characters

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  Vince Faraday/The Cape

  David Lyons

  David Lyons stars as "The Cape"/Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. Forced into hiding and fueled by a desire to reunite with his family, he takes on the identity of "The Cape" – his son's favorite comic book superhero. Lyons, a native of Australia, has built an impressive list of credits since graduating from Australia's most prestigious drama school, National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Most recently, Lyons completed a lead role in the Australian feature film "Swerve," as well as a highimpact cameo opposite Julia Roberts in the Columbia Pictures film "Eat, Pray, Love." In 2009, Lyons played a lead role in NBC's pilot "Day One" and also starred as the charismatic Dr. Simon Brenner in season 15 of the long-running NBC series "ER." That same year, Lyons also starred as E.T. Holiday in Australia's Nine Network action series "Sea Patrol" and as convicted murderer Gordon Wood in the Network Ten movie "A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne." Other feature film credits include the 2008 crime thriller "Cactus" and Jamie Blank's 2007 horror film "Storm Warning." Lyons has performed on stage for both The Sydney Theatre Company in "A Hard God" and the Melbourne Theatre Company in "Cyrano De Bergerac." Lyons resides in Los Angeles.

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  Peter Fleming/Chess

  James Frain

  James Frain plays billionaire Peter Fleming, The Cape's (David Lyons) nemesis, who moonlights as the twisted killer, Chess, on "The Cape." Frain received his big break while studying in London, when Sir Richard Attenborough cast him in his first feature, "Shadowlands," opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. He has also appeared in the feature films "Elizabeth," "Hilary and Jackie," "Titus," "Everybody's Fine," "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Where the Heart Is," "Reindeer Games" and "Into the Blue." Next up, he will play opposite Jeff Bridges in the highly anticipated "Tron Legacy." Frain is best known for his performances as Thomas Cromwell on Showtime's critically acclaimed series "The Tudors" and as Franklin Mott on HBO's hit series "True Blood." His additional television credits include "Californication," "Flash Forward," "24," "Grey's Anatomy," "In Plain Sight," and "CSI" among others. Classically trained, Frain also has an extensive theater background and in 2007 he appeared with Ian McShane on Broadway in "The Homecoming"-- for which the cast won The Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble. In addition to acting, Frain also loves drawing and photography. Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Frain currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

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  Rollo

  Martin Klebba

  Martin Klebba stars as Rollo, a member and unassuming muscle of the circus gang of bank robbers in NBC's new drama series "The Cape. Klebba is an American actor and stunt performer who has a rare form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he reportedly is the only known person with this type of dwarfism. He stands at 4'1". Klebba made his acting debut at Radio City Music Hall, and performed there and at Madison Square Garden for 10 years. He performed in the "Christmas Spectacular" and moved on to a Broadway tour of "The Wizard of Oz," starring Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt and Roseanne. Klebba has acted in various productions, most notably in the trilogy "Pirates of the Caribbean," and has also made many appearances on the television series "Scrubs." He has guest starred in Disney's "Pair of Kings," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "CSI: NY," "Bones," "iCarly," and "Drake and Josh." He starred as Hank Dingo in the Comedy Central made for TV movie "Knee High P.I." Additionally, he has appeared in the movie "Cradle 2 the Grave," and in low budget horror/comedy films "Feast 2," and "Feast 3." He has numerous stunt credits as well, including: "Hancock," "Zombieland," "Bedtime Stories," "Evan Almighty," "Meet the Spartans," "Epic Movie," and "Van Helsing." More recently, Klebba was featured on the TLC reality show "Little People, Big World" with his good friend Matthew Roloff. Currently, he is putting together fundraisers for the charity CoDA, by having his team, "The Statesmen," play basketball against average size celebs. Born in Troy, Mich., Klebba currently resides in Los Angeles and has a son, Alec.

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  Trip Faraday

  Ryan Wynott

  On NBC's drama series "The Cape," Ryan Wynott plays Trip Faraday, son of honest cop and Palm City protector Vince Faraday/ "The Cape." Wynott has enjoyed a very successful first few years of his acting career landing roles on HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me," "Flash Forward," the pilot "Hank" as well as the feature film "Brothers Solomon." He has also been featured in numerous commercial appearances. From a very early age, Wynott had a passion for performing, whether in church plays or in the family living room. At the age of 6, he began taking formal acting classes and was trained at Young Actors Space under the direction of Nora Eckstein. Wynott loves to perform and currently takes singing, hip-hop and other dance classes. He is also an accomplished athlete in soccer, baseball, and basketball and is currently on an all-star soccer team. He also enjoys jumping and flipping on his trampoline, playing video games, making Flip videos, and just hanging with his friends.

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  Dana Faraday

  Jennifer Ferrin

  On "The Cape," Jennifer Ferrin plays Dana Faraday, defense attorney and wife of honest cop and Palm City protector Vince Faraday/"The Cape." No stranger to television, Ferrin is known for her work on such series as "The Kill Point" alongside John Leguizamo, "Life on Mars" with Harvey Keitel, "3 lbs." with Stanley Tucci, as well as guest starring roles on "Fringe," "Law & Order: SVU," "Rescue Me," "White Collar" and "Nurse Jackie."

   

  Ferrin is also known for her work on "As The World Turns" from 2003-2006 for which she garnered two Daytime Emmy nominations. In 2008, she made her Broadway debut as a member of the original four-person cast of Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps." Film credits include the "NoNames" starring James Badge-Dale and "Sex and The City 2." Ferrin is a 2003 graduate of The North Carolina School of the Arts. Born in Florida, Ferrin currently resides in Los Angeles.

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  Orwell

  Summer Glau

  Summer Glau stars as Orwell, an investigative blogger who partners with "The Cape" to wage war on crime and corruption in Palm City on NBC's drama series "The Cape." Glau was born in San Antonio, Texas. Throughout much of her young adulthood, Glau trained and performed as a professional dancer until a serious injury forced her to take time to heal. During this time, she discovered a love for acting and made the decision to move to Los Angeles and begin working steadily as an actor and dancer. Her first television credit was a guest role as a ballerina on the television series "Angel," produced by Joss Whedon. Whedon was so impressed with the young actress' debut performance that he later cast her in the lead role of River in his new series "Firefly" and subsequently in the Universal feature film "Serenity." Glau's career has taken off since; she has worked on various television series including "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Cold Case." She has also recurred as Tess Doerner, a paranoid schizophrenic returnee on "The 4400" and on "The Unit" as Crystal Burns. In addition to her television accomplishments, Glau can also be seen starring in the films "Mammoth" and "The Initiation of Sarah." Glau played Cameron on "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." Based on the Terminator franchise films, the series featured the return of popular characters Sarah and John Connor who befriend Cameron Phillips, the sultry female terminator -- a role written for Glau by series creator Josh Friedman.

   

  Since then, Glau has starred in the Lifetime original movie, "Deadly Honeymoon," based on true-life events and in the Western period drama "The Legend of Hell's Gate" opposite Lou Taylor Pucci and Henry Thomas. Recently, Glau shot a lead role opposite Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten and Margarita Levieva in the feature film "Knights of Badassdom."

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  Max Malini

  Keith David

   

  Keith David stars as Max Malini, the ringleader of a circus gang of bank robbers, who mentors and trains Vince Faraday to be "The Cape" on NBC's drama series of the same name. With over 150 film, television and stage credits to his name, David continues to exemplify the character of Hollywood's greatest actors with a humble, un-trying ability to remain in demand. Some of his dozens of on-screen feature film roles include Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning "Platoon," Clint Eastwood's "Bird," and Paul Haggis' Academy Award-winning "Crash," as well as "There's Something About Mary," "Armageddon," "Pitch Black: The Chronicles of Riddick," Requiem for a Dream," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Barbershop." On television, some of David's numerous acting credits include guest arcs on "ER" and "7th Heaven," appearances on "Law & Order" and "CSI" and LeVar Burton's telefilm "The Tiger Woods Story," for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. Noted for his deep, commanding voice, David is also an Emmy winning voice over artist with wins for the segment "A Necessary War" from Ken Burns' miniseries "The War," and "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson." The miniseries "Jazz" also earned David an Emmy nomination. Additional voice-over credits include "Goliath" from "Gargoyles" the title character in the "Spawn" animated series, the voice for "Vhailor" in the video game "Planescape: Torment" and "The Arbiter" for "Halo 2," and the wildly popular "Call To Duty: Modern Warfare 2" as well as credits in the A&E cable series "City Confidential" and the U.S. Navy television commercials. Feature film voice-over credits include "The Black Cat" character in Focus Features' "Coraline" and "Dr. Facilier" from Disney's "Princess and The Frog." As a native New Yorker, David has extensive stage experience. His studies in voice and theater at the prestigious Juilliard School of Drama garnered him a 1992 Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his role in the classic Broadway play "Jelly's Last Jam." Additional stage credits include "Hedda Gabler" and "Seven Guitars." Also an accomplished singer/songwriter with his own band, David will be releasing his debut jazz and hip-hop/jazz hybrid album later this year.