Character: Julianne Simms

Besides her starring role on Breakout Kings, Brooke Nevin can be seen in a recurring role on Call Me Fitz, opposite Jason Priestley.

On the big screen, Nevin is one of the stars of the multi-festival award-winning indie feature My Suicide. Brooke was a series regular on the hit sci-fi show The 4400 and recurred on Worst Week. She has guest starred on NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy and Without a Trace as well as on the hit comedies How I Met Your Mother and Til Death. Her guest spot on Supernatural was such a fan favorite that she was specifically requested for an appearance at the Asylum Con in 2005.

Nevin's talents have also been featured on the big screen starring alongside David Koechner and Melora Hardin in the sports movie parody The Comebacks, as well as in the comedic sci-fi thriller Infestation.

Nevin's also broken new comedic ground on the Internet with a Daytime Emmy® nod for her part on the hugely popular web series Imaginary Bitches.

Character: Erica Reed

Serinda Swan was born in Vancouver, Canada to a family of artists, including her mother, an actress, and her father, a theatre director with a well-established acting school. Throughout her education, Swan naturally gravitated to the arts. She also competed in many sports and eventually took her focus in athletics to gymnastics where many years of hard work led to her to a competitive level. Her gymnastics background has led to numerous action films and the trade of performing her own stunts. Before the jump into film and television, Swan developed her career in entertainment with a successful modeling career and appearances in numerous commercials.

Swan soon moved into the television world with roles on popular shows like Supernatural, Psych and Reaper. Feature films soon followed as she booked roles in Beyond Loch Ness, Neil and Nikki and The Breakup Artist.

Swan had a recurring role on the hit show Smallville as iconic comic character Zatana, and a supporting role in the big budget blockbuster Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, directed by Chris Columbus.

Swan can also be seen in a supporting role opposite Beau Garrett, Olivia Wilde and Jeff Bridges in Disney’s TRON: Legacy.

Character: Shea Daniels

Malcolm Goodwin is an actor who had been featured in the magazines Interview, LA Confidential, King, Vibe and Venice. He has starred in numerous feature films including American Gangster, The Lazarus Project, Brief Interview with Hideous Men, Leatherheads, Mississippi Damned, Crazy on the Outside, and The Longshots. His television credits include Raising the Bar, Hack, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, K*Ville, Detroit 187 and Breakout Kings.

His love for acting began at the Julia Richman Talent Unlimited Program in New York City and he later trained at SUNY Purchase College Acting Conservatory, where he received a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and Film. Goodwin has directed and produced independent commercials, sketches, short films, music videos and public service announcements. He made his feature film directing debut with A True Story. Based On Things That Never Actually Happened and Some That Did.

Charcter: Lloyd Lowery

Jimmi Simpson is an accomplished actor who has emerged as one of young Hollywood's most prolific and talented writers and directors.

Simpson’s character in the pilot Breakout Kings, directed by Gavin Hood, scored higher than any character has ever tested at 20th TV. However, Simpson is most widely recognized as David Letterman’s beloved "Lyle the Intern" on Late Night with David Letterman. Rounding out his TV career, he has had recurring roles on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, My Name Is Earl, Psych, Party Down, Carnivale and 24.

Simpson was seen in the feature film Date Night opposite comedic geniuses Tina Fey and Steve Carrell, and in the Ricky Gervais film, The Invention of Lying.

In 2008, Simpson played the title role of Philo T. Farnsworth opposite Hank Azaria in the Aaron Sorkin-scripted and Steven Spielberg-produced production of The Farnsworth Invention on Broadway. His performance earned him the prestigious Theatre World Award.

An avid student of film and television, Simpson has had the good fortune of working with and learning from some of the most accomplished filmmakers in Hollywood including Steven Spielberg, Aaron Sorkin, Pete Berg, David Fincher, Ricky Gervais, Amy Heckerling and Shawn Levy.

Simpson holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film from Bloomburg College and was a member of the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Company before relocating to Los Angeles in 2003. His theatre credits include roles in Tartuffe, Atom and Devorah, and Slap’em Down. In addition, Simpson has performed The Complete Works of William Shakespeare for Century Center.

Character: Charlie Duchamp

Chosen as one of Variety's “Top Ten Actors to Watch in 2009,” actor Laz Alonso can be seen top lining the series Breakout Kings. The series is created and executive produced by Prison Break vets Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead. Also executive producing are Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Gavin Hood, who directed the pilot. The premiere broke records for the network.

On Mother’s Day weekend 2011, fans saw a different, softer side to Laz in Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy Jumping the Broom. Laz lead the cast along with Paula Patton in a movie about the clash of two families from opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum meeting for the first time during a weekend wedding in Martha's Vineyard. The film’s cast is rounded off with Mike Epps, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Romeo Miller. In addition to the 2011 release of Broom, Laz appeared in the strong supporting role of ‘Sheriff John Burke’ in Rod Lurie’s remake of the Sam Peckinpah classic Straw Dogs. The film stars James Marsden and Kate Bosworth, and tells the story about a young couple who relocate back to the wife’s hometown and find that much of the backwards thinking that permeated her small town when she was growing up is still alive.

Laz played the lead role of “Tsu’Tey” in the highest grossing film of all time, James Cameron's 2009 release Avatar. Directed by Cameron, this sci-fi epic stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is one of the most technically complex productions ever mounted, making extensive use of cutting edge 3-D, computer animation and motion capture F/X technology. Earlier the same year, Laz played the lead villain role of “Fenix” in the fourth installment of the highly popular Fast and the Furious franchise, which posted the highest April weekend opening ever. The movie generated over $350,000,000 in worldwide box office sales, and along with DVD sales and rentals, went on to be the highest grossing film in 2009 for Universal Pictures.

In early 2008, Laz executive produced and starred opposite Danny Glover in Alan Jacobs’ Down for Life (aka Por Vida), which ended up with a much-coveted position in the Toronto Film Festival, for which it was critically acclaimed. The same year, Laz starred in Miracle at St. Anna for director Spike Lee, in which he played one of four leads opposite Derek Luke, Michael Ealy and Omar Benson. The film also stars John Leguizamo, John Tuturro and Kerry Washington.

His past movie credits include lead roles in the Sony/Screen Gems’ hits Stomp The Yard and This Christmas; a lead role in 2006 Roland Joffe psychological thriller Captivity, and a co-starring role in the 2005 hit Jarhead, opposite Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard. Mr. Alonso’s past TV credits include guest-starring roles on The Unit, Bones, CSI: Miami, The Practice, Navy: NCIS and Eyes, as well as a recurring role in the critically acclaimed series Southland.

Born and raised in Washington DC, Laz always knew he wanted to be an actor. He remembers at a very early age entertaining his family by imitating relatives and family friends. He graduated from the prestigious Howard University School of Business, earning a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing. After college, he worked on Wall Street at an investment-banking firm. He and two partners eventually started their own marketing business, promoting mainstream products to the trend-setting urban market. Owning and operating his own successful business freed up Laz’s time to finally explore his passion for acting. Laz began taking classes in the evening to hone his craft and it didn’t take him long to begin landing roles in commercials and videos.

From D.C. to New York, Laz feels his upbringing not only taught him how to deal with the school of hard knocks, but also prepared him for his biggest goal, his acting career. He credits the move to NYC as his move into manhood and the city holds many great memories for him. Laz also credits his acting ability to these life experiences, as he is able to bring a little of what he knows or has dealt with into his characters.