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Zachary Quinto
Zak stars on the hit TV show Heroes as Sylar, a manipulative serial killer dedicated to violently collecting the extraordinary talents of special people. Mr. Quinto has been cast as Spock in J.J. Abrams' upcoming feature film Star Trek.
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Adam Baldwin
Adam can be currently be seen on the hit TV show Chuck where he plays the uptight, all-American NSA agent John Casey, whose job is to take care of Chuck until it is time to kill him. Many genre fans will know him from the cult hit Firefly where he played Jayne Cobb - the ship's enforcer. He reprised the role on the subsequent feature film Serenity. Read more |
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Nichelle Nichols
Known to millions as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek, Nichelle actually started her career as a singer and dancer with Duke Ellington. Nichelle spearheaded NASA's first minority and female astronaut recruitment drive and has a recurring role on the hit TV show Heroes. Read more |
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Masi Oka
As Hiro Nakamura on the hit TV show Heroes, Masi plays the show's central character, who happens to possesses the power to travel through space and time. He is coming to Starfest to promote the big screen version of Get Smart in which he plays the role of Bruce. The Get Smart presentation will begin at 12:00 (Noon) on Saturday in the Main Events Room. Read more |
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Nana Visitor
Nana is known to Star Trek fans for her bold protrayal of Kira Nerys, the fiesty Bajoran ambassador, on the hit show Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Her complicated character made the transition from rebel terrorist to a respected peacemaker over the show's seven year run. She currently stars as Jean Ritter on the ABC Family’s original series, Wildfire. Read more
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Nate Torrence
Nate has appeared numerous TV shows including: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Malcolm in the Middle, How I Met Your Mother, Las Vegas, House M.D., and Ghost Whisperer. He had a recurring role as Dylan Killington on the drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Mr. Torrence is coming to Starfest to promote the big screen version of Get Smart in which he plays the role of Lloyd. The Get Smart presentation will start at 12:00 (Noon) on Saturday in the Main Events Room. |
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Anne Lockhart
Glen Larson personally created the character "Sheba" for her on his hit TV series Battlestar Galactica. She has appeared on the genre shows Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Knight Rider and Airwolf, lent her voice talents to countless projects and founded a Shakespearian theater company. Read more |
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Cliff Simon
Cliff is most notable to fans for his portrayal of Ba'al - the big-time bad guy/God on Stargate SG-1. Cliff was an Olympic qualifying swimmer and a national gymnast in South Africa.
He has as a professional model and dancer, and won the Mr. South Africa title in 1992 and acted on the TV show Egoli: Place of Gold and Nash Bridges. Read more |
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Ed Kramer
Ed has been a professional Computer Graphics Artist for over 27 years, since the earliest days of the industry. He spent twelve years at George Lucas's visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, where he was a Technical Director on all three recent Star Wars movies. Read more |
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Jason and Heather Martin
Jason's career officially began in 1993. He impressed fellow artists and editors with his slick inking style, and became a highly sought-after talent in the comic industry. Heather began her professional art career as a colorist. Together they have collaborated to develop a unique artistic style:
merging Jason's illustrative skills with Heather's coloring talents. Thier company artplaymix.com creates character designs, pinups, and illustrative artwork for publications.
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Dave McDonnell
David is the Editor of Starlog Magazine, a publication with a rich 30-year history devoted to science fiction & fantasy film/television/literature and their creators. He has also served as Editor of Fangoria (a sister magazine chronicling horror), Comics Scene and SCI-FI TV. Read more |
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Kevin Dilmore
Since
1997, Kevin has been a contributing writer to Star Trek Communicator, penning
news stories and personality profiles for the bimonthly publication of the
Official Star Trek Fan Club. He has written for magazines including Amazing
Stories, Star Wars Kids and FLIcK. Kevin’s interviews with some of Star
Trek’s most popular authors appear in volumes of the Star Trek Signature
Editions, published by Pocket Books. Read more |
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Steven Fawcette
His apocalyptic sf saga The Archangels of Dreamland and it's sequel Archangels II: The Grigori (soon to be release) are receiving positive reviews. The former won the award for best Action-Adventure novel of 2006
by the North American Booksellers Exchange. Dreamland is now slated to become a major motion picture and is currently in pre-production. Read more |
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Christie Golden
Award-winning author Christie Golden has written thirty novels and several
short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror. She has over a million books in print. Recently, Golden has been focusing on media tie-in work with Blizzard, creator of the Warcraft
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Dayton Ward
Dayton
has collaborated with friend and co-writer Kevin Dilmore on several
installments of the Star Trek: S.C.E. e-Book series, the Star Trek: The Next Generation novels A Time to
Sow and A Time to Harvest, and the short story “Field Expediency” in the
Tales of the Dominion War anthology. He is the author of In the Name of Honor, The Last
World War and The Genesis Protocol, and the horror collection
Family Plots. Read more |
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Kevin Atkins
Our beloved Master of
Ceremonies, Kevin has been with the Starcon/Starfest conventions for over 30
years, but there are no cobwebs on this guy - just a little wear and tear.
Kevin is famous for his corny internet jokes which he unleashes whenever there is a pause in
the action onstage. Please pray there are no pauses! Read more |
