CAST BIOS (again pilfered directly from the defunct CBS site)
Jon
Tenney (Patrol Sergeant
Francis X. Donovan)
Michael DeLuise (Officer Phil Roussakoff)
Gary Basaraba (Sergeant Richard Santoro)
Titus Welliver (Officer Jack Lowery)
Klea Scott (Officer Nona Valentine)
Yancy Butler (Officer Ann-Marie Kersey)
James B. Sikking (I.A.B. Lieutenant Stan
Jonas)
Patrick McGaw (Terry Doyle)
Adam Rodriguez (Officer Hector Villanueva)
Dylan Walsh (Officer Jimmy Doyle)
PRODUCED BY: Steven Bochco Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Steven Bochco, William
M. Finkelstein, David Milch
ADAM
RODRIGUEZ
(Police Officer Hector Villanueva in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
When a sports injury sidelined Adam Rodriguez back in high school, his dreams of becoming a professional baseball player had to be put aside. He turned to acting, replacing one passion with another. Although Rodriguez had dabbled in children's theater in his native New York, and at age 10 auditioned for a role on "The Cosby Show," it was only after his career ending injury that he focused full-time on acting as a profession. Upon leaving school, in order to support himself as he sought work as an actor, Rodriguez took on a number of jobs, including a stint at a New York brokerage firm and later as a real estate agent.
His lucky break came when his father, who was watching the Emmy Awards on television, recognized an old friend of his from the service, Bill Clark, who is the supervising producer of the police drama "NYPD Blue." The two friends became reacquainted, which led to Adam being cast in a guest-starring role in an episode of "NYPD Blue." Impressed with his talents, Rodriguez was asked to audition for Steven Bochco's newest police drama, BROOKLYN SOUTH.
Rodriguez currently divides his time between New York and Los Angeles. His birth date is April 2.
GARY
BASARABA
(Sergeant Richard Santoro in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
Gary Basaraba's television credits include the motion pictures-for-television "Dead Silence," "What Happened to Bobby Earl?" and "For Their Own Good." His additional television appearances include guest-starring roles in CBS's "Northern Exposure," "The Outer Limits," "Homicide: Life On the Street," "NYPD Blue," "New York Undercover" and "Law & Order." His feature film credits include "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Alamo Bay," "One Magic Christmas," "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "No Mercy."
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Basaraba went straight to work in a steel mill after high school. In pursuit of an acting career, he applied to and was accepted by the Yale School of Drama. Graduating in 1982, he moved to New York City and began his professional acting career.
Basaraba currently splits his time between New York City and Los Angeles. His birth date is March 16.
STEVEN
BOCHCO
(Co-Creator and Executive Producer, BROOKLYN SOUTH)
Winner of 10 Emmy Awards for series he co-created and executive produced (six for "Hill Street Blues," three for "L.A. Law" and one for "NYPD Blue"), Steven Bochco continues to leave his distinctive mark on television. His ground-breaking series, "NYPD Blue," garnered an unprecedented 26 Emmy Award nominations in its freshman season, followed by the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in its second year.
Born in Manhattan, Bochco started his television career in 1965 when he parlayed an MCA fellowship into a writing job at Universal during his junior and senior years at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University). Graduating in 1966 with a Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts in theater, Bochco earned his first writing credit (sharing it with the late Rod Serling) in 1967 when he expanded the one hour Chrysler Showcase Presentation of "A Slow Fade to Black" into a two-hour motion picture-for-television. Four years later, he became the story editor on "Name of the Game," and later on "McMillan and Wife" and "Columbo." Bochco's television credits as co-creator and executive producer include "Doogie Howser, M.D.," "Hill Street Blues," "L.A. Law," "Cop Rock," "NYPD Blue," "Murder One," "Public Morals," on the CBS Television Network and the upcoming "Total Security." In addition, Bochco served as executive producer on "Civil Wars" and "The Byrds of Paradise."
Among his numerous awards and citations, Bochco received the Writers Guild's 1994 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television in recognition of the contributions and advancements he has made to the television writing profession. In 1996, he became the first television writer to receive the Writer's Guild Career Achievement Award, was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, received the Banff Television Festival "Award of Excellence" and became the first television producer to receive the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) "Fellowship Award" for outstanding contribution to the craft. He has also been honored with two Writers Guild Awards, three Peabody Awards, two Humanitas Awards, two Edgar Allen Poe Awards and holds honorary doctorates from The American Film Institute, California Institute of the Arts and Emerson College.
Bochco currently resides in Los Angeles.
WILLIAM
M. FINKELSTEIN
(Executive Producer, BROOKLYN SOUTH)
In addition to being the executive producer/writer of BROOKLYN SOUTH, William M. Finkelstein was also the executive producer of "Murder One," "L.A. Law" and "Civil Wars," which he also created. Finkelstein was also the co-creator/co-executive producer of "Cop Rock."
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Finkelstein currently resides in Santa Monica, Calif., with his wife, Barbara, who is an architect, and their three children.
KLEA SCOTT
(Police Officer Nona Valentine in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
Born in Panama City, Panama and raised in Canada, Klea Scott's initial interest was in tap dancing. But, at the age of 12, when she was cast for two seasons in the Canadian television program "You Can't Do That on Television," her focus turned full time to acting. Following her graduation from high school, she came to New York City to study acting and was fortunate enough to spend a summer at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. Deciding to return to college, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from North Carolina School of the Arts.
Scott's television credits include guest starring roles in "Cosby," for the CBS Television Network, as well as "Willy & Floyd." Among her theater credits are roles in "All's Well That Ends Well" and "The Tempest" for the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Klea currently lives in Santa Monica with her fiance. Her birth date is December 25.
MICHAEL
DeLUISE
(Police Officer Phil Roussakoff in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
Following in the footsteps of his famous father, actor/comedian Dom DeLuise, Michael DeLuise has tackled both serious and comedic acting roles while pursuing his dreams of becoming a filmmaker.
Starring and guest-starring in numerous television series over the past 10-years, BROOKLYN SOUTH marks the seventh series to feature DeLuise in a starring role. Most recently, DeLuise received critical acclaim for his recurring role as Andy Sipowicz, Jr. in "NYPD Blue." His other television credits include "SeaQuest," "One of the Boys," "21 Jump Street," "Sunset Beat," "One Big Family" and "Reo Shannon." He has also appeared as a guest star in "Tales From the Crypt."
With strong aspirations toward filmmaking, Michael recently served as both director and executive producer of "Between the Sheets," a feature film which was written by and starred his brother Peter DeLuise. In front of the camera, DeLuise's feature film credits include "Midnight Edition," "Man Without a Face," "Encino Man" and "Wayne's World."
DeLuise, who is single, lives in Los Angeles. His birth date is August 4.
DAVID
MILCH
(Executive Producer, BROOKLYN SOUTH)
Three-time Emmy Award winner David Milch is also the executive producer and co-creator (with Steven Bochco) of "NYPD Blue." The first season of "NYPD Blue" earned Milch a Humanitas Prize, an Edgar Award and two Emmy nominations for his writing.
Milch graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Yale University, winning the Tinker Prize for highest achievement in English. He earned a Masters in Fine Arts degree from the Writer's Workshop at Iowa University before returning to Yale to be a lecturer of English literature.
Milch made Bochco's acquaintance in 1982 after he submitted a script for "Hill Street Blues." The episode, "Trial By Fury," premiered the show's third season and won an Emmy Award, a Writers Guild Award and a Humanitas Prize. The success of this episode marked the end of Milch's academic career and the beginning of his career in dramatic television. He spent five years with "Hill Street Blues," first as executive story editor and, subsequently, as executive producer. During that time, Milch earned two more Writers Guild Awards, a second Humanitas Prize and another Emmy Award.
His additional television credits include creator and executive producer of "Beverly Hills Buntz" and executive producer of "Capitol News." Most recently, he served as creative consultant on "Murder One" and co-authored (with BROOKLYN SOUTH's co-producer Bill Clark) the book True Blue: The Real Stories Behind "NYPD Blue."
Milch was born in Buffalo, N.Y., where his father was a prominent surgeon and his mother was head of the Board of Education. His brother, Dr. Robert Milch, is a surgeon in their hometown and the Medical Director of Hospice Buffalo. Milch is married to Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Rita Stern. They have two daughters, Elizabeth and Olivia, and a son, Benjamin.
PATRICK
McGAW
(Terry Doyle in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
Patrick McGaw began his professional training as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York immediately following his graduation from high school.
Making his feature film debut opposite Mira Sorvino in the highly regarded "Amongst Friends," McGaw is best known to audiences for his performances in several critically acclaimed independent films including "The Funeral," "Scorpion Spring," "Malicious," "Basketball Diaries" and "Beans of Egypt, Maine."
Currently, McGaw can be seen in "Dream with the Fishes."
McGaw's stage credits include "Tracers," "Translations" and "The Dining Room" at the Monroe Theater in New York City and productions of "Seagull" and "Cafe Berlin" at the Lee Strasberg Theater.
JAMES
B. SIKKING
(I.A.B. Lieutenant Stan Jonas in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
No stranger to the Bochco family, James B. Sikking began this relationship in the series "Turnabout," followed by "Hill Street Blues" and then "Doogie Howser, M.D." "General Hospital" was his first steady acting job and numerous guest star appearances followed in series and motion pictures-for-television.
Sikking's motion pictures-for-television include "First Steps," on the CBS Television Network, "Doing Time on Maple Drive," "Tales From the Hollywood Hills: Golden Land," "The Jesse Owens Story," "Brotherhood of the Rose," "Final Days," "Tyson," "In Pursuit of Honor" and the mini-series "Dress Gray" for the Network. His feature film credits include "The Pelican Brief," "Star Chamber," "Ordinary People," "The Centurions," "The Competition," "The Electric Horseman" and "Capricorn One."
A native of Los Angeles, Sikking's parents were Unity ministers. The youngest of five children (three brothers {one deceased} and one sister), he was named after the author James Barrie. Sikking attended El Segundo High School, but his higher education took nearly nine years to complete due to military service recall, which sent him to Fort Bragg, N.C. to study psychological warfare. He eventually earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts from UCLA.
Sikking currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Florine, an avid culinary artist with three cookbooks to her credit. Their son, Andrew, is a Los Angeles chef and their daughter, Emily, is beginning her medical residency in Boston. His birth date is March 5.
JON TENNEY
( Patrol Sergeant Francis X. Donovan in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
On television, Jon Tenney appeared as a regular in "Crime & Punishment," "Equal Justice," "Dirty Dozen" and "Good Company," on the CBS Television Network. He guest-starred in the series "The Outer Limits," "Tales From the Crypt" and, for the Network, "Cybill," "Murphy Brown" (playing Miles Silverberg's brother) and "Almost Perfect." Among his motion pictures-for-television are "Twilight of the Golds," "The Ring" and the Network's "Alone in the Neon Jungle."
His numerous feature film credits include the recent "Fools Rush In," "Watch It," "Tombstone," "Nixon," "Beverly Hills Cop 3," "The Phantom," "Free Willy 2" "Guilty By Suspicion," and the upcoming "Music From Another Room." He is currently shooting the comedy "Mom's Up on the Roof" for producer Penny Marshall.
The son of a nuclear physicist father and a psychiatrist mother, Tenney majored in drama and philosophy at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. His summers were spent at the Williamstown Theater Festival, performing with such talents as Christopher Walkin, Christopher Reeve, Blythe Danner and Diane Wiest. After graduation, he was accepted into New York's Julliard School. Soon after, he was cast in Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning play, "The Real Thing." Tenney has since starred in Broadway productions of the 1995 Tony Award-winning production of "The Heiress," "Sweet Sue" and the Neil Simon comedies "Biloxi Blues" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs."
Born in Princeton, N.J., Tenney currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Teri Hatcher. His birth date is December 16.
TITUS
WELLIVER
(Police Office Jake Lowery in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
The son of the premiere landscape painter in the United States, Neil Welliver, and a mother who is a fashion illustrator, Titus Welliver credits his creativity to his parents and the many painters and poets who surrounded him. Growing up in Philadelphia and New York City, Welliver originally set out to become a painter, but soon traded in his brushes for acting. In 1980, he moved to New York to pursue acting full time. While enrolled in acting classes at New York's HB Studios, he held a variety of jobs, from bartending to construction, to support himself.
Welliver's first paying job as an actor was in a walk-on role in the feature film "Navy Seals." This led to other feature film roles in "Mulholland Falls," "Born to be Wild," "JFK," "Mobsters," "The Doors," "Roughriders" and "The Last Capone." At present, Welliver is shooting "The Day Lincoln Was Shot," and in the spring of 1998, he will recreate the role he originated in the Off-Broadway production of "Riff Raff," a feature film written, directed and starring Laurence Fishburne, and co-starring Wesley Snipes. On television, Welliver has had guest-starring roles in "The X Files," "The Commish," "New York Undercover," and "L.A. Law," as well as recurring roles in "NYPD Blue," "High Incident" and "Murder One." He has also appeared in the television movie, "An American Story," for the CBS Television Network.
A graduate of New York University, Welliver currently divides his time between Los Angeles and New York where he lives with his girlfriend, actress Joanna Heimbold, and Petey, their Dalmatian puppy. His birth date is March 12.
DYLAN
WALSH
(Police Officer Jimmy Doyle in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
Dylan Walsh made his feature film debut in John Boorman's "Where the Heart Is," and his additional film credits include "Nobody's Fool," "Congo," "Betsy's Wedding," and "Loverboy." His television credits include the mini-series "Telling Secrets," the motion picture-for-television "The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery" and Afterschool Special "Soldier's Boy," all on the CBS Television Network. He also appeared in the series "Gabriel's Fire," starring opposite James Earl Jones.
Born in Los Angeles, Walsh spent his early years growing up in Africa, India and Indonesia, as both of his parents were in the Foreign Service. When he was 10 years old, his family settled in Annandale, Va. While still in high school, he acted at the Arena Stage and the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. An English major at the University of Virginia, Walsh spent his summers performing with the Heritage Repertory Company, appearing in the stage productions of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Curse of the Starving Class," "Romeo & Juliet," "Death of a Salesman" and "Our Town."
Walsh currently resides in Los Angeles. His birth date is November 17.
YANCY
BUTLER
(Police Officer Anne-Marie Kersey in BROOKLYN SOUTH)
It's not unusual that Yancy Butler chose to be an actor. Born in New York City, Butler is third generation showbiz. Her father, Joe Butler, is the lead singer and drummer for the reunited Lovin' Spoonful; her mother, Leslie, was a company manager for Broadway shows, and her grandparents were also involved in various aspects of the theater. At the age of 13, Butler began studying at the prestigious HB Studios in New York, and continued to do so until entering Sarah Lawrence College.
Upon graduation, and with a dozen stage credits on her resume, she subsequently landed a guest star role in the drama "Law & Order," which directly lead to her auditioning for and landing the lead role in the series "Mann & Machine." Following this, she appeared as a regular in the Miami Beach-based series "South Beach."
Butler later segued into feature films as the female lead opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in "Hard Target," and next took on the role, originally written for a man, opposite Wesley Snipes in the skydiving adventure "Drop Zone." Other film credits include "The Ex" and, most recently, the independent feature film "The Treat."
Butler currently resides in Los Angeles. Her birth date is July 2.
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