Larenz Tate is an incredibly talented American actor and producer. Larenz and his two brothers, Larron Tate and Lahmard J. Tate got into acting at a young age, after their family moved from the west side of Chicago to Los Angeles. Larenz secured his first role in an episode of 'The New Twilight Zone' when he was just 10 years old. He’s gone on to amass an impressive list of credits in television and film and has even produced, directed and starred in the very successful podcast ‘Bronzeville’ alongside his brothers Larron and Lahmard Tate and actor Laurence Fishburne.

Larenz’s impressive credits include appearances on the television shows ’21 Jump Street’, ’The Wonder Years’, ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, and a role on ‘Family Matters’ as Steve Urkel’s nemesis Willie Fuffner. He also plays several iconic roles in feature films like  ‘Menace II Society’, ‘Dead Presidents’, ‘Love Jones’, ‘Why Do Fools Fall in Love’, ‘Crash’ and ‘Ray’, where he played famous record producer Quincy Jones with whom he’d previously worked. In recent years he’s had great success playing the role of the infamous Councilman Tate in the Starz crime drama ‘Power’ and its spinoff ‘Ghost’, which is still running. And of course, Larenz starred in and was an executive producer for 'Business Ethics'.

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Larenz has also received several awards and nominations throughout his career including four Outstanding Actor NAACP nominations, three Black Reel Awards Outstanding Actor nominations, an Acapulco Black Film Festival Best Actor nomination for his work in ‘Love Jones’ and Best Actor award for his work in ‘Why Do Fools Fall in Love’. He also received two Young Artist Award nominations early in his career and won Best Ensemble Performance from the Hollywood Film Awards, Awards Circuit Community Awards, Gold Derby Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work in 'Crash'.

Sarah Carter is a classically trained Canadian film and television actress, writer, producer and director. After studying theatre, dance and fine arts at university in Toronto she moved to Los Angeles where her career took off quickly.

Early in her career Sarah was cast in some major television series like ‘Wolf Lake’, ‘Undeclared’, ’Dark Angel’, ’Black Sash’, ‘Boston Legal’, ‘Smallville’, and ‘Entourage’. She then landed a major role in CBS’s legal drama series ‘Shark’ where she played rookie prosecutor Madeleine Poe.

Since then Sarah has continued to be cast in major television series like 'The Cleaner', 'CSI:NY', and 'White Collar' and had reccurring roles in the 2010s remakes of both ‘Hawaii Five-O’ and ‘The Flash’ for which she was nominated for CHoice TV: Villian by the Teen Choice Awards. She's also had major roles in the series 'Falling Skies’ and ‘Rogue'. Her acting credits also include roles in major feature films ‘The Vow’, and ‘Pearl’, and starring roles in ‘Guardian’ and 'Business Ethics'.

Sarah has had great success behind the camera as well as in front of it. She wrote and starred in a short film called ‘Currency’ where she played Andy Warhol’s muse Edie Sedgwick. She also recently wrote, directed and starred in the feature film ‘In Her Name’, for which she has received many accolades including nominations for Best Direction and Best Narrative Feature from Next Generation Indie Film Awards, a nomination for Best Fiction Feature from Red Rock Film Festival and an award for Best Director from the Nòt Film Festival.

Julian De Zotti is a skilled Canadian actor, writer, director and producer. He has made appearances in several large television shows including Orphan Black’, ‘Warehouse 13’, ‘Rogue’, and ’Murdoch Mysteries’. He has also had several recurring roles in ‘Suits’, ‘Transplant,’  the mini series ’Ryan Gosling Must Be Stopped’, and web series’ ’Ming’s Dynasty’, and ‘Revenge of the Black Best Friend’.  

In addition to his television work Julian has had several parts in feature productions including ’Life’, ‘Zoom’, ‘Little Italy’, and ‘The Maestro’ as well as major roles in the films ‘No Stranger Than Love’, ’The Market,’ and of course the feature film version of ‘Business Ethics’. Julian also played the young version of Gil Bellows’ Zachary Cranston in the original short film version of ‘Business Ethics’.

Julian has written, directed and starred in his own short film ‘For the Record’, which was nominated for Best Web Program or Series and Best Lead Performance by the Canadian Screen Awards, Best Drama by the Seoul Web Fest, Best International Web Series by the NYC Web Fest, and won the Best Writing award from the Marseille Web Fest. His work acting and co-writing for ‘Ming’s Dynasty’ also got him two nominations for Best Supporting Performance and Best Web Program or Series- Fiction from the Canadian Screen Awards. ’Revenge of the Best Black Friend’, which Julian both acted in and was an executive producer for, recently won the Best Web Program of Series- Fiction from the Canadian Screen Awards.

Kurtwood Smith is a well known American television and film actor. His first larger role was as Captain Scanlon in both the original television movie ‘The Renegades’ and it’s similarly titled television series adaptation. His other television credits include appearances on ‘The A-Team’, ‘Blue Thunder’, Riptide’, ‘The Best Times’, ‘The Paper Chase’, ’Stir Crazy’, ‘It’s a Living’, ‘Stingray’, ’Newhart’, ‘Picket Fences’, ‘The X-Files’, ‘Star Trek: Deep Space 9’, ‘The Magnificent Seven’, ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’, ‘Malcom in the Middle’, ‘Psych’, ‘House’, ‘Love Bites’, ‘Body of Proof’, ‘Suits’, and ‘Perfect Harmony’, reoccurring appearances on ’21 Jump Street’, ‘Star Trek: Voyager’, ‘Medium’, ‘Childrens Hospital’, ‘The Ranch’, and ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’, and major roles in ’24’, ‘Worst Week’, ‘Chaos’, ‘Resurrection’, ‘Agent Carter’, ‘Perpetual Grace, LTD’, and ‘The Dropout’, and starring roles in ‘That 70s Show’, ‘Patriot’ and ‘That 90s Show’.

Kurtwood film credits include major roles in ‘Going Berserk’, ‘Flashpoint’, ‘Rambo III’, ‘True Believer’, ‘Dead Poets Society’, ’Fortress’, ‘To Die For’, ‘Citizen Ruth’, ‘Prefontaine’, ’Girl Interrupted’, ‘Cedar Rapids’, ‘Hitchcock’, and ’Firestarter’, and starring role s in ‘The Delos Adventure’, ‘Robocop’, ’Hard Scrambled’ and 'Business Ethics'.

Kurtwood Smith has had a truly incredible career and as such was awarded the Independent Spirit Award from Garden State Film Festival for his work in film and television. He also shares  one nomination for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series for his voice acting in ‘Rick and Morty’ and an award for Best Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short from Behind the Voice Actors Awards.

Angus MacFayden is an accomplished Scottish actor with an impressive career. His television credits include ‘appearances in ‘Lie to Me’, ‘Psych’, and ‘Republic of Doyle’, as well as reoccurring roles in ‘Alias’, ’Criminal Minds’, ‘Californication’, ‘Chuck’, and ‘Outlander’, and ‘The Pinkertons’, and major roles in ‘Turn: Washington’s Spies’, ’Jason and the Argonauts’, ‘Spartacus’, and ‘5 Days to Midnight’. Angus has also had leading roles in ’Black Beard’, ‘Killer Wave’ and ‘Miracles’.

In addition to his television work Angus has been in many feature productions including major roles in ‘Braveheart’,  ‘Facade’, ‘Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood’, ‘Saw III’ and ‘Saw IV’, ‘Redline’, ‘Unnatural Causes’, ‘We Bought a Zoo’, ‘Alive’, ‘Buck Run’, ’3022’, and ’Curse of the Macbeths’, and leading roles in ‘Lani-Loa’, ‘Second Skin’, ‘A Woman’s a Hell of a Thing’, ‘Styx’, ‘The Virgin of Juarez’, ‘.45’, ‘Impulse’, ‘San Saba’, ‘Shadow Heart’, ‘H4’, ‘Assassins Run’, ‘Taken by Grace’, ‘Macbeth Unhinged’, ‘She Rises’, ‘F.R.E.D.I’, ‘Robert the Bruce’, ‘Steel Rain 2’, and ‘Business Ethics’.

Angus received several nominations for ‘Alive’, including the Best Actor Feature award from Nightmares Film Festival, the Best Supporting Actor- Feature award from FilmQuest, and the award for Best Supporting Actor from Horrorhaus Film Festival, and secured the Best Lead Actor- Feature Film award from Horror Hotel, Ohio. He was nominated for two awards from the Macabre Faire Film Festival, the Best Actor- Feature Film award and Best Screenplay- Feature Film for ‘She Rises’. His film ‘Macbeth Unhinged’ was nominated for The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film by the Edinburgh International Film Festival and his film ‘The Critic’, was nominated for the Shärt Select Award by Shärt International Comedy Film Festival.

Lance Reddick was a talented American actor and voice actor with a wonderful career that ran from his first credit in 1996 till he sadly passed away in 2023. He amassed many television and film credits over his career. Lance’s television credits include reoccurring appearances in the television series ’Falcone’, ‘Oz’, ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘CSI: Miami’, ‘Numb3rs’, ‘Lost’, ‘Trone Uprising’, ‘Quantum Break’, ’The Blacklist’, ‘American Horror Story’, major television roles in ‘Fringe’, ‘Intelligence’, ‘Corporate’, ‘Bosch’, ’Resident Evil’, and leading roles in ‘The Wire,’ and ‘Drone’.

Lance's Reddick feature film work includes major roles in ’Great Expectations’, ‘The Siege’, ‘Don’t Say a Word’, ‘Tennessee’, ‘Remains’, ‘White House Down’, ‘Oldboy’, ‘The Guest’, ‘The Faults’, all four ‘John Wick’ films, ’Little Woods’, ‘The Domestics’, ‘Angel Has Fallen’,  ‘Faith Based’, ‘Sylvie’s Love’, ‘One Night in Miami’, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’, ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ and Business Ethics’ and starring roles in ’Dirty Work’ and ‘Canal Street’.

Lance has been nominated for several awards for his acting including a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a TV Movie or Limited Series from Black Reel for his work in ‘White Men Can’t Jump’,  a nomination for Best Supporting Actor on Television for his work on Bosch from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, nominations for Best Supporting Actor on Television and Best Guest Performance in a Television Series for his work on Fringe from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, and a shared nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture by the Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Ensemble Cast award from the Gold Derby Awards for ‘One Night in Miami’. Lance also secured the Best Supporting Actor award from Oil Valley Film Festival for a role he played in the short film ’Spoken Word’.

Gil Bellows is an impressive Canadian actor, producer and director. He has a long list of credits acting in both film and television. His television credits include episodes of ‘Law & Order’, ’The Practice’, ’The Cleaner’, ‘Smallville’, ’Criminal Minds’, ‘Sanctuary’, ‘True Justice’, ’Boss’, ‘Vegas’, ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’, ‘Falling Skies’, ‘Bones’, ’11.22.63’, ‘The Detectives’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘Suits’, and ‘American Gods’. Gil’s major roles include ‘Ally McBeal’, ’The Agency’, ’Patriot’, ’Jett’, ’Love in the time of Corona’, ’V.C. Andrews’ Landry Family’, ’Women of the Movement’, ’Terminal City’, ‘Ascension’, and ’Eyewitness’.

Gil’s film career includes major roles in films like ’The Shawshank Redemption’, ‘Miami Rhapsody’, ‘Snow White: A Tale of Terror’, ‘Judas Kiss’, ‘Beautiful Joe’, ‘Chasing Sleep’, ‘Whitewash: The Clarence Brandy Story’, ’Black Crescent Moon’, ‘The Samaritan’, ‘House at the End of the Street’ ‘Louis Cyr’, ‘Extraterrestrial’, ‘Girl on the Edge’, ’Run This Town’, ‘Nations Fire’, ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’, and ‘Awake’. He’s also had leading roles in ‘Love and a .45’, ‘Black Day Blue Night’, ‘A Witch’s Way of Love’, ‘The Assistant’,  ‘Dinner at Fred’s’, ‘Childstar’, ‘Pursued’, ‘Keep Your Distance’, ‘A Night for Dying Tigers’, ‘Mad Ship’, ‘3 Days in Havana’, ‘Leading Lady’, ‘The Calling’, ‘Dead Draw’, ‘ADDicted’,  ‘Drowning’, ‘Two Deaths of Henry Baker’ and he was the star of the original ’Business Ethics’ short and in addition to his major role, he was an executive producer for the feature adaptation.

Gil has received many nominations for awards over the years. He and the rest of the cast of ‘Ally McBeal’ secured the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series from the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The TV movie he was an executive producer on ‘Temple Grandin’ won a Television Feature Film award from Western Heritage Award, a Peabody Award and Outstanding Made for Television Movie from the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Jessica Parker Kennedy is a talented Canadian film and television actress. Her first role was in the 2006 Christmas movie ‘Santa Baby’ where she played Lucy the Elf, a role she would reprise later in ‘Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe’. She also played roles in ‘Another Cinderella Story’, ’50-50’, ’In Time’, ‘Bad Meat’, ‘The Perfect Guy’, ‘Gemini’, ‘Cam’, ‘Deep Murder’, ’See for Me’, and of course, ‘Business Ethics’. Jessica won the award for Star to Watch at the Whistler Film Festival for her work in ‘Another Kind of Wedding’.

Jessica has had an especially impressive career in television. Her first television role was as a major character in ‘Kaya’. She then was cast in a leading role in a short running series called ‘Soul’, shortly before being cast in another leading role in ‘Valemont’. Only two years later she was cast in a yet another leading role in ‘The Secret Circle’.  She then had a six episode arc on the mid 2000s rendition of ’90210’, followed by a five episode arc on ‘Colony’. In 2017 Jessica starred in the highly rated mini series ’I Love Bekka & Lucy’ before starring in the hugely successful Starz series ‘Black Sails’. More recently she joined the cast of ‘The Flash’ TV series, taking on the role of Nora West-Allen. Over the years she’s also been cast in episodes of ‘Fear Itself’, ‘V’, ‘The Troop’, ‘Undercovers’, ‘Smallville’, ’Brothers & Sisters’, Lie to Me’, ‘Fairly Legal’, ‘Exes & Ohs’, ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Ransom’, ‘Tales’, ’Supergirl’, ‘Acting for a Cause’, ‘The Old Man’, and ‘I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson’.

Julian Richings is a Canadian actor, and with over 220 acting credits, is a staple of Canadian film and television. Some of his television credits include ‘RoboCop’, ‘Ready or Not’, ‘Due South’, ‘Le Femme Nikita’, ‘Slings and Arrows’, ‘Heartland’, ‘Lost Girl’, ‘Murdoch Mysteries’, ‘The Transporter’, ‘Hemlock Grove’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘Supernatural’, ’The Expanse’, ‘Orphan Black’, 'The Magicians’, ‘Creeped Out’, ‘Channel Zero’, ’Twelve Moneys’, ‘Frontier’, ‘Doom Patrol’, ‘American Gods’, ‘Chapelwaite’, ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’, and ‘Reginald the Vampire’. He’s also had major roles in TV shows like ‘War of the Worlds’, ‘Once a Thief’, ‘I was a Sixth Grade Alien’, ‘Amazon’, ‘Kingdom Hospital’, ‘Todd and the Book of Pure Evil’,  ‘Patriot’, and ‘The Umbrella Academy’.

Julian’s film career includes titles like ‘Love at Stake’, ‘Naked Lunch’, ‘The Boys Club’, ‘The Red Violin’, ‘Urban Legend’, ‘Detroit Rock City’, ‘Run Away Home’, ‘Black Widow’, ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’, ’Shoot ‘Em Up’, ‘You Might as Well Live’, ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’, ‘The Colony’, ‘Man of Steel’, ‘The Space Between’, and ‘Chaos Walking’. He’s also had major roles in ‘The Top of His Head’, ‘Hard Core Logo’, ‘Cube’, ‘Two Thousand and None’, ‘Between Strangers’, ‘Wrong Turn’, ‘The Last Sect’, ‘The Third Eye’, ‘The Timekeeper’, ‘Hard Core Logo 2’, ‘Victims’, ‘Patch Town’, ‘The Witch’, ‘Reign’, ‘The Rainbow Kid’, ‘True Fiction’, ‘Anything for Jackson’ ‘Vicious Fun’, and ‘Relax I’m from the Future’. Julian also reprised his role in the original 'Business Ethics' role for the feature film version.

Julian has received many nominations for his work in film and television including a Best Actor nomination from the Hamilton Film Festival for the short film ‘Animal Control’, the Best Supporting Performance, Web Series for ‘Talent Drivers’, Best Supporting Actor from the Chlotrudis Awards for ‘The Tracey Fragments’ and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role by the Genie Awards for ‘The Claim’. He has received two Best Actor awards from Blood In the Snow Canadian Film Festival for 'Anything for Jackson' and 'Ejecta'. Julian was also recently recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from The North Film Festival.