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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
to Off-Broadway and then to Broadway, earning a Tony ® nomination. In 2004, Michael starred and
received glorious reviews in the Off-Broadway production of the play “Magic Hands Freddy” opposite
Ralph Macchio. Rispoli has appeared in New York and regional theater in productions of “Macbeth,”
“Tartuffe,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and O’Neill’s “Sea Plays,” among many others. Since then, he
has accumulated an extensive list of movie, television, and stage credits.
MICHAEL NOURI (Leonard Tose) stars as Dr. Neil Roberts on Fox’s
smash hit “The O.C.” On the big screen, he was most recently seen in
“Last Holiday,” starring Queen Latifah, and “Boynton Beach
Bereavement Club,” opposite Dyan Cannon. Nouri has enjoyed a long
career spanning film, television and theater. His extensive film work
includes: “Flashdance,” “The Terminal,” Billy Crystal’s “61*,” “High
Roller: The Stu Unger Story,” “Lovely and Amazing,” “Finding
Forrester,” opposite Sean Connery, “Goodbye Columbus,” “Davinci’s
Way,” “The Imagemaker,” “Gobots,” “Chameleon,” “Fatal Sky,” “Total
Exposure,” “Black Ice,” “Fortunes of War,” “To the Limit” and “The
Hidden,” for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Avoriaz Film
Festival.
Nouri has recently guest-starred on “South Beach,” “Enterprise,” “Cold Case,” “The Practice,” “The
West Wing,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” He played the lead role of Lucky
Luciano in the highly rated NBC series “The Gangster Chronicles” and received an Emmy ® nomination
for “Search for Tomorrow.” Nouri starred in the NBC series “Bay City Blues,” three series for CBS—
“Love and War,” “Downtown,” and “Beacon Hill”—and the title role of the series “The Curse of Dracula.”
Additional television work includes “The Doris Duke Story,” “Rage of Angels,” opposite Jaclyn Smith,
“The Last Convertible,” “Contract on Cherry Street,” supporting Frank Sinatra,” “Shattered Dreams,” the
title role in “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story,” “Between Two Women,” “The Story
Continues,” “Danielle Steele’s Changes,” “In the Arms of a Killer,” “Psychic,” “Exclusive,” “The Sands
of Time,” “Between Love and Honor,” and “Eyes of Terror,” with Barbara Eden.
Nouri starred on Broadway opposite Julie Andrews in “Victor/Victoria” and in “Forty Carats,”
opposite Julie Harris. He recently starred in “Can Can” for the Encores series at City Center and in the
Goodspeed Theatre production of “Camille Claudel,” opposite Linda Eder. He also toplined a sevenmonth
national tour of “South Pacific.” Nouri serves as ambassador to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and
to the Seeds of Peace charity.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
ERICSON CORE (Director, Director of Photography) makes his feature directorial debut with
INVINCIBLE after establishing himself as a cinematographer. He previously served as an episodic
director on the series “Family Law,” as well as directing commercial spots for such clients as Nike, Honda,
Pontiac and Infiniti and music videos by the artists Wheat and Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
Core served as director of photography on the feature films “Daredevil,” “The Fast and the Furious”
(nominated as AFI Cinematographer of the Year), “Dancing at the Blue Iguana,” “Mumford,” “Payback”
and “187.” As a cinematographer, he has also shot commercial spots for clients such as Infinity, Toyota,
Nike, MLB and Lee Jeans and music videos for such diverse artists as Goo Goo Dolls, Moby, Selena,
Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Mike Watt, Run DMC and the Rolling Stones.
BRAD GANN (Writer) made his directorial debut with the indie film “Black Irish,” about a South
Boston Irish-Catholic family, which Gann also wrote. He earlier wrote the screenplay for the action drama
“Static,” currently in development.
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