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42 (2013) PRODUCTION NOTES from the Wars." CHRISTOPHER MELONI (Leo Durocher), already one of Hollywood's most successful television actors, solidifies his leading man status with a number of much-anticipated feature films. He will next be seen in Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel," opening in June. Meloni then stars in "Small Time," with Bridget Moynahan and Dean Norris, due for a limited release later this summer. In October, he co-stars with Josh Brolin, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, and Mickey Rourke in "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," the sequel to 2005's screen adaptation of Frank Miller's highly regarded graphic novel. Currently, Meloni is co-starring in the indie comedy "Awful Nice," which premiered to great reviews at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival in Austin. He also has two other films awaiting release dates for 2013/2014: "They Came Together," directed by David Wain and also starring Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and Ed Helms; and "White Bird in a Blizzard," based on the book of the same name by Laura Kasischke, with Shailene Woodley and Eva Green. The Washington, D.C. native studied acting at the University of Colorado - Boulder before graduating with a degree in History. He worked in construction and as a bouncer before breaking into acting, studying his craft in New York with legendary teacher Sanford Meisner. Early on, he landed a number of small film roles and short-lived TV series, including "The Fanelli Boys," before his breakout part on "NYPD Blue," opposite Kim Delaney. That led to him winning a series regular role on HBO's gritty series "Oz," playing the psychotic, bisexual murderer Chris Keller, in an ensemble cast that also included J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen and Rita Moreno. In 1999, he landed his starring role on the popular and long-running NBC series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," with Meloni working in both series simultaneously until "Oz" ended its run in 2003. He continued on "Law & Order: SVU" for twelve seasons, earning an Emmy nomination for his performance as Detective Elliot Stabler. Meloni returned to television last year for an arc on HBO's award-winning series "True Blood." He has also logged roles on the HBO series "1st & Ten: The Championship," NBC's "Scrubs," "Brooklyn South," "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Leaving L.A." and "The Boys." Meloni's other big screen credits include the Terry Gilliam films "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Twelve Monkeys"; the Wachowskis' first film "Bound"; the romantic comedy "Runaway Bride," with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts; "Nights in Rodanthe," with Gere and Diane Lane; and such cult favorites as "Wet Hot American Summer," "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," and its first sequel, "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay." ANDRE HOLLAND (Wendell Smith), a native of Birmingham, Alabama, gained an undergraduate degree from Florida State University, before earning an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program. Shortly after graduation, he received acclaim for his tour-de-force performance as four generations of a family in the play "Blue Door" at Playwrights Horizons. Holland made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning 2009 revival of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," at Lincoln Center. He more recently starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club's 2011 presentation of "The Whipping Man." Also that year, he starred in the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park productions of "All's Well That Ends Well" and "Measure for Measure." His off-Broadway work also includes "The Brother/Sister Plays," "Wig Out," and the Shakespeare in the Park presentations of "Much Ado About Nothing" and "As You Like It." Holland's stage repertoire also includes such plays as "Tempest Tossed" and Romeo and Juliet," with the © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 14
42 (2013) PRODUCTION NOTES NYU/Continuum Company; "In the Red and Brown Water," at Georgia's Alliance Theatre; and "Andorra," at London's Young Vic, to name only a few. On the screen, Holland was previously seen in the comedy "Bride Wars," Spike Lee's World War II drama "Miracle at St. Anna," and the acclaimed 2008 independent film "Sugar," which marked his feature film debut. Holland currently has a recurring role as White House Press Secretary Marshall Malloy on the NBC comedy "1600 Penn." He previously co-starred in the NBC sitcom "Friends with Benefits." He has also guest starred on such series as "Burn Notice," "Damages," "The Black Donnellys" and "Law & Order." LUCAS BLACK (Pee Wee Reese) most recently co-starred with Matt Damon in Gus Van Sant's critically acclaimed drama "Promised Land." He also starred in the supernatural horror thriller "Legion"; the actioner "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift"; and Sam Mendes' gritty war drama "Jarhead," with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx. His recent credits also include the independent features "Seven Days in Utopia," alongside Robert Duvall and Melissa Leo, and "Get Low," also starring Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray. Black literally grew up on the screen, having made his feature film debut at age eleven in Jon Avnet's 1994 drama "The War." Two years later, he starred as Frank Wheatley, the young boy who befriends a mentally handicapped man, in Billy Bob Thornton's Oscar®-winning drama "Sling Blade." For his performance in the film, Black won both Young Artist and YoungStar Awards for Best Leading Actor, and he also shared in a Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast. He reunited with Thornton in 2000 for the Western "All the Pretty Horses," which Thornton wrote and directed, and which brought Black another Young Artist Award nomination. He also worked alongside Thornton in the cast of Peter Berg's hit 2004 football drama "Friday Night Lights." Among Black's additional film credits are Rob Reiner's true-life drama "Ghosts of Mississippi"; "The X Files"; Antonio Banderas's directorial debut "Crazy in Alabama," for which he received another Young Artist Award nomination; and Anthony Minghella's Civil War drama "Cold Mountain." On television, Black starred on the CBS series "American Gothic," and also starred in the television movie "Flash" and the 2000 remake of "The Miracle Worker," as James Keller. HAMISH LINKLATER (Ralph Branca) starred for five seasons on the CBS comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine," playing the brother of Julia-Louis Dreyfus's title character. On the big screen, he recently co-starred with Liam Neeson and Alexander Skarsgård in Peter Berg's 2012 action adventure "Battleship." An accomplished stage actor, Linklater most recently starred opposite Alan Rickman in the Broadway play "Seminar," marking his Broadway debut. In 2011, he won an Obie Award for his performance off-Broadway in "The School for Lies." He earned a Drama Desk Award nomination in 2010 for his work in the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of "Twelfth Night." Earlier this year, he made his playwriting debut with "Vandal," which just premiered off-Broadway. © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 15
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