2013 ABC Pilot Season Up and Comers
by jeffvespa | created - 14 Mar 2013 | updated - 14 Mar 2013 | Public
1. Lenora Crichlow
Actress | Fast Girls
Lenora Crichlow was born on January 4, 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Fast Girls (2012), Sugar Rush (2005) and Being Human (2008).
2. Greta Lee
Actress | Past Lives
Greta Lee was born on March 7, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Past Lives (2023), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and St. Vincent (2014). She has been married to Russ Armstrong since September 7, 2014. They have two children.
SooJin in Girls
3. E.J. Bonilla
Actor | Four
E.J. Bonilla was born on September 8, 1988 in New York, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Four (2012), Gemini Man (2019) and The Long Road Home (2017).
4. Bradley Dodds
Actor | NCIS: Los Angeles
Bradley Dodds was born on March 22, 1986 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), Mayans M.C. (2018) and A Country Christmas Harmony (2022).
5. Jason Jones
Actor | The Detour
Jason Jones was born on June 3, 1973 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Detour (2016), The Art of the Steal (2013) and All About Steve (2009). He has been married to Samantha Bee since October 13, 2001. They have three children.
6. Hayley Orrantia
Actress | The Goldbergs
Hayley Orrantia was born on February 21, 1994 in Arlington, Texas, USA. Hayley is an actor, known for The Goldbergs (2013), God's Not Dead 2 (2016) and Christmas Is Canceled (2021). Hayley has been married to Greg Furman since October 14, 2023.
14 years old?
7. Will Greenberg
Actor | Wrecked
Will Greenberg is an actor best known for playing Todd on TBS's new hit comedy Wrecked. He's also very popular among "bros" worldwide for his portrayal of brociopath Stan Halen on Workaholics. He can recite Shakespeare as Matthew McConaughey and sell Subway sandwiches as Denzel Washington. He ...
8. James Wolk
Actor | Mad Men
James Wolk was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to Edie (Elson), an art teacher, and Robert Wolk, a shoe store owner. His family is Jewish. James graduated from North Farmington High School, and worked in his father's store as a teenager. He graduated from the University of Michigan drama school...
9. Phoebe Tonkin
Actress | Boy Swallows Universe
Tonkin was born in Sydney. When she was four, she attended dance courses in classical ballet, hip hop, contemporary dance, and tap dance. At the age of 12, Tonkin began courses at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) at the Wharf Theatre. Tonkin attended Loreto Kirribilli and later ...
Vampire Diaries
10. Mercedes Mason
Actress | Fear the Walking Dead
Mercedes Mason immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. At age 13 she was discovered by FORD modeling agency, launching her into an international modeling career while attending high school. While studying psychology in college, she booked her first audition opposite Vince Vaughn in The ...
11. Leah Pipes
Actress | The Originals
Leah Marie Pipes (born August 12, 1988) is an American actress. She is most notable for starring in the television series Life Is Wild, the slasher film Sorority Row and the CW's The Originals.
Pipes was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She first started acting in 2001 on the popular show...
12. Danielle Campbell
Actress | Tell Me a Story
Danielle Campbell is an American actress best known for her role as Davina Claire On the CW Original series The Originals. She has starred in other works such as the Prison Break, Starstruck, and You Can Change Your Family. She lives in New York City, where she shoots the leading role on CBS All- ...
13. Daren Kagasoff
Actor | Devotion
Daren Kagasoff is an award-winning actor best known for his five seasons as the male lead on the acclaimed ABC Family series, "The Secret Life of The American Teenager," created by Brenda Hampton. After the series ended on a high by reaching the coveted 100th episode mark and securing its place in ...
14. Devin Kelley
Actress | Chernobyl Diaries
Devin Kelley was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Devin is an actor, known for Chernobyl Diaries (2012), Frequency (2016) and Covert Affairs (2010).
15. Janet Montgomery
Actress | Black Swan
A native of Bournemouth in the UK, Janet Montgomery moved to London when she received a scholarship at a dance school. One of her first acting jobs was a guest star role on the critically-acclaimed UK teen drama series, Skins (2007), as Nicholas Hoult's love interest.
Upon moving to Los Angeles, ...
16. Austin Butler
Actor | Elvis
Austin Robert Butler was born in Anaheim, California, to Lori Anne (Howell), an aesthetician, and David Butler. He has always enjoyed movies of all types. When he was 13 he was walking around at the Orange County Fair and was approached by a representative from a background-acting management ...
17. Katie Findlay
Actress | How to Get Away with Murder
Canadian-born actor Katie Findlay received rave reviews in 2017 for their work as "Lucy" opposite Jay Baruchel in the final season of FXX's critically-acclaimed comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015).
Television audiences may also know Findlay as "Rebecca" from the first season of How to Get Away ...
18. Ellen Wong
Actress | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ellen Wong was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Her first role was on the award winning television series "This Is Wonderland". She is best known for her role as Knives Chau in "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World", starring alongside Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman. She ...
19. Brendan Dooling
Actor | Demolition
Brendan Dooling was born on January 27, 1990 in Bellport, Suffolk, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Demolition (2015), Paranoia (2013) and Breathe In (2013).
20. Freema Agyeman
Actress | Doctor Who
Freema Agyeman is a British actress who is known for playing Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007-2010), Alesha Phillips in crime procedural drama Law & Order: UK (2009-2011), Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8 (2015-2018), and Dr. Helen Sharpe in ...
21. Steve Talley
Actor | The Naked Mile
Steve Talley was born on August 12, 1981 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006), Peaceful Warrior (2006) and American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007). He has been married to Lyndon Smith since July 4, 2015. He was ...
22. Melanie Leishman
Actress | Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Melanie Leishman was born on February 20, 1989 in Canada. She is an actress and director, known for Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2010), Stage Fright (2014) and Below Her Mouth (2016).
23. Kate Simses
Actress | What's Your Number?
Kate Simses was born on August 29, 1979. She is an actress and producer, known for What's Your Number? (2011), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) and That Awkward Moment (2014).
24. Blake Lee
Actor | Cruel Summer
Blake Lee was born on August 31, 1983 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Cruel Summer (2021), Parks and Recreation (2009) and The Christmas Setup (2020). He has been married to Ben Lewis since January 17, 2016.
25. Adam Campbell
Actor | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Adam Campbell was born on August 19, 1980 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015), Great News (2017) and Hello Ladies (2013). He has been married to Jayma Mays since October 28, 2007. They have one child.
26. Craig Frank
Actor | 8.13
Craig Frank is known for 8.13 (2010), Jeffie Was Here (2010) and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012).
27. Alexis Carra
Actress | Grey's Anatomy
Born and raised in Tampa, Florida (and of Spanish, Cuban and Argentinian descent), Alexis Carra displayed an early passion to perform which started with dance classes at the tender age of two. By her teenage years she started to dance with Tampa's Bay Ballet Theater and also studied with Alvin ...
28. Sarah Bolger
Actress | In America
Sarah Lee Bolger (born 28 February 1991) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her roles in the films In America (2002), Stormbreaker, and The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), as well as her award winning role as Lady Mary Tudor in the TV series The Tudors (2007), and for guest starring as ...
29. Jenny Slate
Actress | Obvious Child
Jenny Sarah Slate is an American actress, comedian, and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the improvise and comedy scene. She lent voice performances to the animated ...
30. Matt Oberg
Actor | Sisters
Matt Oberg was born on August 12, 1976 in Larchmont, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Sisters (2015), The Bourne Legacy (2012) and Clown (2014).
31. Moshe Kasher
Actor | Zoolander 2
Moshe Kasher was born on July 6, 1979 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Zoolander 2 (2016), Another Period (2013) and Betty (2020). He has been married to Natasha Leggero since October 11, 2015. They have one child.
32. Kelen Coleman
Actress | The Newsroom
Kelen Sadie Coleman is an American actress. She was born on April 19, 1984, in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Potomac, Maryland. She later attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After filming her first project in North Carolina, she came to Los Angeles in 2007 to access more ...
33. Kevin Bishop
Actor | Muppet Treasure Island
Bishop was born in Bromley on 18th June 1980. After appearing on the television series, Grange Hill, he was cast as Jim Hawkins in Muppet Treasure Island (1996). He subsequently appeared in several British television series, including Pie in the Sky (1994), Love Soup (2005), My Family (2000), Peep ...
34. Natalie Morales
Actress | Parks and Recreation
Natalie Morales was born in Miami, Florida, and is of Cuban descent. She studied Theatre at Miami Dade College and Florida International University. In 2006, Natalie landed a guest star role on an episode of the CBS drama, CSI: Miami (2002): CSI: Miami: Darkroom (2006). In 2008, Natalie starred on ...
35. Andrea Savage
Actress | I'm Sorry.
Andrea Kristen Savage is an American actress, comedian, and writer known for her roles in projects such as Step Brothers, TruTV's comedy series I'm Sorry, which she also created, the Comedy Central mockumentary series Dog Bites Man, the HBO comedy Veep, and Hulu's reality TV parody series The ...
36. Hannah Ware
Actress | Hitman: Agent 47
Hannah Ware was born on December 8, 1982 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), Oldboy (2013) and Cop Out (2010). She was previously married to Jesse Jenkins.
37. Chris Johnson
Actor | 47 Meters Down
Chris Johnson was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA. His is an actor known for 47 Meters Down, The Orville, Peppermint, and The Vampire Diaries, South Beach and more. He attended Villanova University and received a degree in Commerce and Finance before discovering Improv Comedy, and shifting his...
38. Elizabeth McLaughlin
Actress | Hand of God
Elizabeth McLaughlin was born in Morgantown, West Virginia and raised in a small town outside of Tampa, Florida. Soon after moving to Los Angeles in 2007, she booked the role of 'Massie Block' in The Clique (2008). She is also known for her role as 'Alicia' in Amazon's Hand of God (2014), Pretty ...
39. Braeden Lemasters
Actor | Flock of Four
Lemasters was born Braeden Matthew Lemasters in Warren, Ohio on January 27, to Dave and Michelle Lemasters. He and his family then moved to Santa Clarita where they now reside. He has one brother Austin.
Lemasters started acting at the age of 9, where he first starred in Six Feet Under as Frankie. ...
40. Alex Hassell
Actor | The Tragedy of Macbeth
Alex Hassell was born on September 17, 1980 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Violent Night (2022) and The Boys (2019). He is married to Emma King.
Really good looking, classical English actor.
41. Edward MacLiam
Actor | Above Suspicion
Edward Mac Liam hails from Cork, Ireland and resides in London, England where he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1998-2001) and has continued to work in TV, Theatre, Independent Film and VoiceOver. An all round nice guy who is well known for his versatility and very strong work ethic.
42. Alex Meraz
Actor | The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Alex Meraz was born on January 10, 1985 in Mesa, Arizona, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and Suicide Squad (2016). He has been married to Kim since December 31, 2007. They have two children.
43. Ruth Bradley
Actress | Grabbers
Ruth Bradley was born on January 24, 1987 in Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Grabbers (2012), Flyboys (2006) and Pursuit (2015).
44. Spencer Locke
Actress | Insidious: The Last Key
Born in 1991 in Winter Park, Florida, Spencer began to show an interest in the arts at a young age. When asked in school to draw what she would be when she got older, 6 year old Spencer drew herself on-stage with a star over her head. Two years later, she had enrolled in acting classes and ...
45. Kacey Rohl
Actress | White Lie
Kacey Rohl was born on August 6, 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for White Lie (2019), Red Riding Hood (2011) and Sisters & Brothers (2011).
46. Christopher Egan
Actor | Resident Evil: Extinction
A native of Sydney, Australia, Christopher Egan attended high school at Sydney's McDonald College School of Performing Art and honed his skills at the Sydney Festival Dance School, where he trained in singing, dancing and acting with Kick Performance Group. His performances in "Les Miserables" and ...
47. Tom Ellis
Actor | Lucifer
Tom Ellis is a Welsh actor from Cardiff, Wales. He is best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar in the American television series Lucifer (2016-2021).
Ellis was born in Cardiff. He studied BA Dramatic Studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (previously the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and...
48. Raza Jaffrey
Actor | Homeland
Raza Jaffrey was born on May 28, 1975 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Homeland (2011), Code Black (2015) and The Rhythm Section (2020). He has been married to Lara Pulver since December 27, 2014. They have two children. He was previously married to Miranda Raison.
49. Tracie Thoms
Actress | Rent
Tracie Thoms has had wide-ranging success in film, television and theatre throughout her busy career.
Tracie's currently a series regular opposite Oscar winner Octavia Spencer on the Apple series, Truth Be Told, while at the same time recurring on Fox's 9-1-1 and ABC's Station 19.
Tracie realized a ...
50. Emma Booth
Actress | The Gloaming
Emma Booth was born in 1982 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for The Gloaming (2020), Hounds of Love (2016) and Once Upon a Time (2011). She has been married to Dominick Joseph Luna since 2013.
51. Seth Gabel
Actor | Big Sky
Seth Gabel is an American actor. He is known for his roles as agent Lincoln Lee on Fox's television series Fringe (2008), Cotton Mather on WGN America's series Salem (2014), and Adrian Moore on the FX series Nip/Tuck (2003). He is a grand-nephew of actor Martin Gabel. Gabel was born to a Jewish ...
52. Megalyn Echikunwoke
Actress | Night School
Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke was born May 28, in Spokane, Washington. Her father was Nigerian and her mother is of English and Scots-Irish descent. Her last name, "Echikunwoke", means "leader of men" and Megalyn is the granddaughter of a Nigerian tribal leader of the Igbo, which technically ...
53. Cedric Sanders
Actor | Ambulance
Actor Cedric Sanders can be seen in the incredible recurring role in Season 18 of the award-winning medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" playing Simon Clark. The series focuses on a group of young doctors at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital who began their careers at the facility as interns. Simon is a ...
54. Gregory Marcel
Actor | All the Way
Gregory Marcel is known for All the Way (2016), Code Black (2015) and Mind Games (2014).
55. Marta Milans
Actress | Shazam!
A charismatic and multi-lingual actress, Marta Milans has appeared across all genres in television, film and theater. She is most notably known for her role in the Warner Brothers/DC film "Shazam!," where she portrayed Rosa Vasquez, the foster mother of the title character. Milans stars in ...
56. Stephen Louis Grush
Actor | Palmer
Stephen Louis Grush was born on April 23, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Palmer (2021), Unhinged (2020) and NightLights (2014).
57. Summer Bishil
Actress | Nothing Is Private
Summer Bishil was born in Pasadena, California. She and her family moved overseas when she was three. Summer attended British and American schools while her family lived overseas, She returned to her home town of Pasadena just shy of her 14th birthday. In love with the idea of becoming an actress ...
58. Christine Evangelista
Actress | The Arrangement
Christine Evangelista was born on October 27, 1986 in Staten Island, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Arrangement (2017).
59. Bridget Regan
Actress | Jane the Virgin
Bridget Regan is an American actress and producer. Her film credits include Devil's Gate (2017) opposite Milo Ventimiglia, John Wick (2014), The Leisure Class (2015), The Best and the Brightest (2010) alongside Neil Patrick Harris, Sex and the City (2008), Weak and the upcoming feature Canvas ...
60. Enver Gjokaj
Actor | Stone
Enver Leif Gjokaj is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Victor in Joss Whedon's science fiction television series Dollhouse and as Agent Daniel Sousa on Agent Carter (2015). Gjokaj was born in Orange County, California. His father is Albanian, and his mother is ...
61. Brendan Hines
Actor | The Tick
Brendan Hines is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland to a former nun and a former priest who became Philosophy professors. He began playing the trombone when he was 11 but gave it up for the guitar seven years later. Brendan attended Loyola High School where ...
62. Shirley Rumierk
Actress | Rise
Shirley Rumierk was born in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, New York, USA. Shirley is an actor, known for Rise (2018), Manifest (2018) and Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020).
63. Eloise Mumford
Actress | Fifty Shades of Grey
Eloise Mumford is an American actress known for her roles on the television series Lone Star, The River, The Right Stuff and the Fifty Shades of Grey film series. Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, where she was ...
64. Lyndon Smith
Actress | National Treasure: Edge of History
Lyndon Smith was born in Pensacola, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for National Treasure: Edge of History (2022), Parenthood (2010) and Step Sisters (2018). She was previously married to Steve Talley.
65. Sam Hazeldine
Actor | Masters of the Air
Sam Hazeldine was born on March 29, 1972 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Masters of the Air (2024), Slow Horses (2022) and Peaky Blinders (2013).
66. Nicholas Gonzalez
Actor | The Good Doctor
Nicholas Edward Gonzalez is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Alex Santiago on the Showtime television series Resurrection Blvd. and Dr. Neil Melendez on the ABC television series The Good Doctor. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Gonzalez is conversant in Spanish, having lived...
67. Mark Hildreth
Actor | Resurrection
Canadian actor known for his work in Resurrection (2014), The Tudors (2009), V (2011), Young Blades (2005) and Gundam Wing (1995). He attended the prestigious National Theatre School Of Canada and is a recipient of the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for best actor. An accomplished singer ...
68. Chloe Bennet
Actress | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Chloe Bennet is an American actress and singer. She is best known for ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).
Bennet was born Chloe Wang in Chicago, Illinois. Her father is Han Chinese and her mother is Caucasian American.
At 15, she moved to China to pursue a singing career under her birth name, Chloe ...
69. Elizabeth Henstridge
Actress | Wolves at the Door
Elizabeth Henstridge grew up in the northern city of Sheffield in England. Having gained a first at the University of Birmingham in Drama and Theatre Arts, Elizabeth went on to train at the prestigious East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex. Having graduated she has landed leading roles in ...
70. Iain De Caestecker
Actor | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Iain De Caestecker is a Scottish actor. He went to Hillhead Primary School and successfully completed an HND in Acting and Performance at Langside College.
He played the lead in two high-profile BBC series - BAFTA-winning The Fades and Young James Herriot (both 2011). The latter earned him a ...
71. Brett Dalton
Actor | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward in ABC's series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). Dalton graduated in 2001 from Westmont High School in Campbell, California, where he became interested in acting after auditioning for a ...
72. Michael Graziadei
Actor | True Detective
Michael Graziadei was born on September 22, 1979 in Germany. He is an actor, known for True Detective (2014), American Horror Story (2011) and Good Girls Revolt (2015).
73. Lincoln Lewis
Actor | Tomorrow, When the War Began
Lincoln Lewis is an Australian actor who began acting at thirteen, appearing in shows like The Sleepover Club, Mortified and H2o before making his way to the big screens in 2005 with films Aquamarine and Voodoo Lagoon. However, it wasn't until appearing on Home and Away in 2007 that he became a ...
74. Luke Bracey
Actor | Point Break
Luke Bracey was born in Sydney, Australia and made his acting debut in Aussie soap opera, Home and Away (1988) in 2009, portraying bad-boy "Trey Palmer" into 2010, while also appearing in multiple episodes of Aussie series Dance Academy (2010)). He next co-starred in what was both his first feature...
75. Lexi Ainsworth
Actress | General Hospital
Born in Oklahoma City, Lexi began her career dancing on stage at an early age. This later lead to her acquiring the lead role of Scout in an Actors Equity production of To Kill a Mockingbird. But it was after attending a film camp in New York that she developed an interest in film and television. ...
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