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Some Notable Alumni
Patrick J. Adams
Patrick J. Adams
Adams is best known for playing the leading role of Mike Ross on USA Network’s Suits, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for outstanding actor in a drama series. (BFA ’04)
Brian Jordan Alvarez
Brian Jordan Alvarez
Shiri Appleby
Shiri Appleby
McKinley Belcher III
McKinley Belcher III
Troian Bellisario
Troian Bellisario
Currently starring in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars, Bellisario formed The Casitas Group theatre company with some of her fellow alumni. (BFA ’09)
Beck Bennett
Beck Bennett
A cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Bennett is also known for his work with the comedic troupe, Good Neighbors, and is recognized for his role in AT&T’s wildly popular “It’s Not Complicated” ad campaign. (BFA ’07)
Todd Black
Todd Black
Charl Brown
Charl Brown
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton is an actor, director and beloved television host, best known for his work on Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow.
Kate Cannova
Kate Cannova
Tate Donovan
Tate Donovan
Donovan is an actor whose credits include the Oscar-winning film Argo, and shows The O.C., 24: Live Another Day, Hostages, Deception, Damages, Friends and The Man in the High Castle. (BFA ’85)
Timothy Dowling
Timothy Dowling
Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards
Ryan Eggold
Ryan Eggold
Greer Grammer
Greer Grammer
Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah
Briga Heelan
Briga Heelan
Briga Heelan starred in the NBC series Great News, the CBS series B Positive and more. She recently starred in the world premiere of “Once Upon a One More Time.”
Grant Heslov
Grant Heslov
Grant Heslov is an Academy Award winner, noted for his work as a director, producer, writer and actor. In 2006 he co-founded Smokehouse Pictures with longtime partner and collaborator George Clooney.
Devin Kelley
Devin Kelley
Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz
Eric Ladin
Eric Ladin
James Lesure
James Lesure
Alexander Ludwig
Alexander Ludwig
Marguerite MacIntyre
Marguerite MacIntyre
Kevin Mambo
Kevin Mambo
Alma Martinez
Alma Martinez
Vanessa J. Noon
Vanessa J. Noon
Timothy Omundson
Timothy Omundson
Fess Parker
Fess Parker
Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah
Jeremy Pivnick
Jeremy Pivnick
Kelly Preston
Kelly Preston
J. August Richards
J. August Richards
Best known for his work on Joss Whedon’s Angel and in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Richards can also be seen on Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce. (BFA ’95)
John Ritter
John Ritter
Jon Rudnitsky
Jon Rudnitsky
Nichole Sakura
Nichole Sakura
Nichole Sakura is best known for her work on the NBC comedy series Superstore.
Stark Sands
Stark Sands
A two-time Tony nominee, Sands starred as Dash in the Fox series Minority Report. His previous works include the film Inside Llewyn Davis, and starring on Broadway in Kinky Boots and Journey’s End. (BFA ’01)
Angus Scrimm
Angus Scrimm
Karan Soni
Karan Soni
Anthony Sparks
Anthony Sparks
Richard Speight, Jr.
Richard Speight, Jr.
An actor, director, screenwriter and producer, Richard Speight Jr. (BA ’92) is known for his recurring role as Archangel Gabriel in the television series Supernatural.
Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz
Danny Strong
Danny Strong
Not only an actor, Strong is the creator and showrunner of the Hulu series Dopesick, starring Michael Keaton. He is also an award-winning screenwriter for Game Change, Recount and Lee Daniels’ The Butler, and wrote The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2. (BA ’96)
Buck Taylor
Buck Taylor
Andy Tennant
Andy Tennant
TJ Thyne
TJ Thyne
Peter Vack
Peter Vack
Austin Wang
Austin Wang
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
An Academy Award-winning actor, Whitaker is also an accomplished director and producer. (’82)
Caroline Williams
Caroline Williams
Deborah Ann Woll
Deborah Ann Woll
Best known for her role on HBO’s True Blood, Woll can be seen in Netflix’s Daredevil. (BFA ’07)
Colin Woodell
Colin Woodell