Characters

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  Eliza Dushku

  Echo

  Eliza Dushku's feature debut came in 1992 when she was just 10, after she landed the lead role of Alice, opposite Juliette Lewis in the film That Night. In 1993, Dushku followed with the role of Pearl alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This Boy's Life. The following year, she played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. She also had parts as the daughter of Paul Reiser's Donny in Bye Bye Love.

   

  Dushku then took on the role of Slayer Faith Lehane on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Though initially planned as a five-episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the entirety of the third season, and also appeared in the spinoff series Angel.

   

  In 2000, Dushku starred in Soul Survivors, reuniting her with Race the Sun co-star Casey Affleck. She followed that up with the hit cheerleader comedy Bring It On with Kirsten Dunst. In 2001, she appeared in The New Guy opposite DJ Qualls and City by the Sea opposite Robert De Niro and James Franco. The same year, Kevin Smith invited Dushku to be a part of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, where she co-starred with Shannon Elizabeth, Ali Larter and Ben Affleck. In 2003, she appeared in the horror film Wrong Turn, in which Dushku had the starring role, and The Kiss, an independent comedy-drama. Starting that same year, she also starred in the Fox series Tru Calling, where she played the main character.

   

  In 2008, Dushku co-starred along with Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman in Bottle Shock, an official selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. She also signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox to produce and star in a new TV series. Under the deal, she teamed with Joss Whedon of Buffy fame to create Dollhouse.

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  Harry Lennix

  Boyd

  Harry Lennix is an accomplished film, television and stage actor who is familiar to audiences for his role as Walid Al-Rezani on the sixth season of 24, as well as his role as Jim Gardner on the Golden Globe®-nominated drama Commander in Chief.

   

  Lennix's other critically acclaimed and highly successful projects include the Academy Award®-winning film Ray, for which he received a SAG Award® nomination, as well as The Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolutions. Lennix received much critical acclaim and a Golden Satellite Award as Aaron in Julie Taymor's Titus, bringing new life to the toxic literary villain. Lennix has worked with a myriad of accomplished actors and directors including Spike Lee in Get on the Bus, Robert Townsend in The Five Heartbeats, Ben Kingsley in Suspect Zero, Billy Bob Thornton in Chrystal and Anthony Hopkins in The Human Stain. His other film credits include Across the Universe, Resurrecting the Champ, Stomp the Yard, Barbershop 2 and Love and Basketball.

   

  In addition to his distinguished film career, Lennix made his mark on the small screen with his role as the legendary Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the cable telefilm Keep the Faith Baby, for which he won a Black Reel Award and was nominated for both an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Satellite Award. Lennix's additional television credits include recurring roles on ER and Diagnosis Murder.

   

  Lennix has directed and appeared in stage productions across the country including the Northlight Theater Company's production of Permanent Collection. He directed the stage version of Townsend's The Five Heartbeats, which received three NAACP Theater Award nominations, in addition to The Glass Menagerie for the Steppenwolf Theater Company.

   

  As a stage actor, Lennix was the first distinguished recipient of an Ollie Award for his portrayal of Malcolm X at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. He earned two Joseph Jefferson Citations for his roles in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Caught in the Act, and starred as King Hedley II at the Mark Taper Forum. In 2001, he was part of the first American troupe to be invited to participate in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Cymbeline.

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  Olivia Williams

  Adelle Dewitt

  Olivia Williams earned a degree in English at Cambridge University before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. She also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London.

   

  A four-month tour of Richard III, featuring Sir Ian McKellen, took Williams to the United States and brought her to the attention of Kevin Costner, who handpicked her for his film The Postman.

   

  Since making her film debut opposite Costner in 1997, Williams has starred in numerous Hollywood films including The Sixth Sense opposite Bruce Willis and Rushmore with Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman.

   

  In 2002, Williams won Best Actress at the British Independent Film Awards for her role in The Heart of Me, starring alongside Paul Bettany and Helena Bonham-Carter. In 2006, Williams starred in the documentary-drama Krakatoa - The Last Days, which told the true story of one of the most destructive natural disasters in history. Additionally that year, Williams returned to the stage for a starring role in The Changeling at the Barbican Theatre in London.

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  Tahmoh Penikett

  Paul Ballard

  Before landing his role on the award-winning Battlestar Galactica as Karl 'Helo' Agathon, Tahmoh Penikett starred in the final season of the critically acclaimed Canadian series The Cold Squad. His performance on that series earned him a LEO Award nomination, honoring the best in British Columbian television and film production.

   

  Penikett has guest-starred on a variety of other series, including a recurring role on Whistler, Smallville and The L Word. He starred in the short film Trapped Ashes, which was helmed by renowned director Monte Hellman, and debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, Penikett could be seen on Joss Whedon's sci-fi series Dollhouse, for Fox.

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  Dichen Lachman

  Sierra

  Dichen Lachman was conceived in Japan, born in Kathmandu and lived in Nepal until her family moved to Adelaide, Australia.

   

  In 2005, Lachman received her first big break when she joined the cast of the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nurse Katya Kinski, a part created for her after she auditioned for another role.

   

  Lachman was featured in the feature film Aquamarine and starred in the cable film Aztec Rex. In 2009 she joined the cast of Joss Whedon's series Dollhouse.

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  Fran Kranz

  Topher

  A graduate of Yale University, Fran Kranz can be seen starring in the series Welcome to the Captain, opposite Jeffrey Tambor, and in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, opposite Eliza Dushku .

  Kranz's feature credits include Don't Fade Away, Shades of Ray, Wieners, The Night of the White Pants, Careless, Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas, Rise: Blood Hunter, The Village, Matchstick Men, Orange County, Training Day and Donnie Darko.

  Kranz also has extensive theater credits including Twelfth Knight, Angels in America, A Bright Room Called Day, Henry IV, Part I, Sideman, Antony & Cleopatra and The Dining Room. At a guest program at Oxford, he won Best Actor for his portrayal of Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew.

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  Enver Gjokaj

  Victor

  Enver Gjokaj can be seen in the feature films The Express starring Dennis Quaid, Taking Chance opposite Kevin Bacon and Eagle Eye with Shia LeBeouf. Gjokaj's television credits include Joss Whedon's sci-fi series Dollhouse, the cable film Filthy Gorgeous, a recurring role on The Book of Daniel, and guest-starring appearances on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Unit.
   

  On stage, Gjokaj has appeared in The Cherry Orchard with Kate Burton at the Huntington Theatre and As You Like It at the New York Shakespeare Festival.

  Gjokaj graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a bachelor's degree from the University of California Berkeley.