CAST BIOS
JUSTIN CHATWIN (Nick Powell) garnered widespread attention for his performance as Tom Cruise’s angst-ridden son in Steven Spielberg’s retelling of the H.G. Wells classic “War of the Worlds,” which won him the 2005 “Breakthrough Performance of the Year” award from Movieline Magazine. He also starred opposite Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close and Allison Janney in the Newmarket/DreamWorks film “The Chumscrubber.” Chatwin’s previous feature credits include the Warner Bros. thriller “Taking Lives,” co-starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.
On television, Chatwin has been seen in the Showtime pilot for “Weeds,” co-starring Mary Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins. His television credits also include the hit USA miniseries “Traffic,” directed by Stephen Hopkins.
The son of an engineer father and an artist mother, Chatwin was born and raised in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. While studying commerce at the University of British Columbia, Chatwin decided to pursue his first love, acting. Starting out with commercials, Chatwin soon landed small parts in such feature films as “Josie and the Pussycats” and TV miniseries such as Steven Spielberg’s “Taken.”
THE INVISIBLE marks MARGARITA LEVIEVA’s (Annie Newton) first starring role in a major motion picture. Following THE INVISIBLE, she was cast as Marcy Collins in the Fox television series “Vanished” and in the feature film “Noise,” with Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynihan and William Hurt. She has previously appeared in the independent feature “Billy’s Choice” and in such television series as “Law & Order: Trial by Jury.” Her television performances include three pilots: “What’s Not to Love?” for Showtime, “N.Y. 70” for NBC and The WB’s “The Prince.”
A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Levieva began the rigorous training program of a competitive gymnast at the age of 3. As a member of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastic Olympic Team, Levieva continued to train for the next 13 years, winning competitions in Russia and eventually going on to compete in the United States.
At the age of 11, Levieva’s mother moved her and her twin brother, Michael, to New York. She later studied economics at NYU. Her true passion, however, had always been acting, and she was accepted into the Two Year Meisner Training Program at the prestigious William Esper Studio. During her time at the studio, she completed several independent films and stage productions. In 2005, New York Magazine featured Levieva in its annual list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in New York.
One of film, theater and television’s uniquely original talents, the versatile MARCIA GAY HARDEN (Diane Powell) garnered a second Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the legendary Clint Eastwood’s critically acclaimed “Mystic River.” She will next be seen as Richard Gere’s wife in the Lasse Hallström film “The Hoax,” which also stars Alfred Molina and Hope Davis. Her other recent films include “The Dead Girl,” directed by Karen Moncrief and starring Toni Colette, Mary Steenbergen and Brittney Murphy; the indie “Home,” in which she starred opposite her real-life daughter, Eulala Grace; “American Dreamz,” the political satire directed by Paul Weitz and co-starring Dennis Quaid and Hugh Grant; and “Canvas” with Joe Pantoliano.
She has also been seen recently in “American Gun” with Forest Whitaker and Donald Sutherland, in “The Bad News Bears” opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear, starring opposite Gene Hackman and Ray Romano in the comedy “Welcome to Mooseport” and in Dylan Kidd’s “P.S.” opposite Laura Linney.
With three films in release, 2003 proved to be a busy year for Harden. Those films included “Mystic River” and “Mona Lisa Smile,” directed by Mike Newell and starring Julia Stiles, Kirsten Dunst and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Additionally, Harden was featured as part of a brilliant ensemble in John Sayles’ “Casa de los Babys,” the story of six American women who travel to Mexico to adopt babies. Harden co-stars with Daryl Hannah, Lili Taylor, Mary Steenburgen, Rita Moreno and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Harden won the Academy Award® in 2001 for her stunning portrayal of Lee Krasner, opposite Ed Harris, in the feature film “Pollock,” about pioneer abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock and his artist wife. The film reteamed her with Harris, with whom she last performed on stage in the New York Shakespeare Festival premiere production of Sam Shephard’s “Simpatico.” In addition to the Oscar® that year, Harden won the New York Film Critics Award for best supporting actress and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
The Coen brothers directing team discovered Harden, giving her the female lead in their critically acclaimed feature “Miller’s Crossing,” opposite Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne and John Turturro. She moved on to the leads in “Late for Dinner” and “Used People.” Other features include the Warner Bros. Pictures film “Space Cowboys” directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner, “Meet Joe Black,” which starred Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins; Walt Disney’s hit “Flubber” with Robin Williams; “Desperate Measures” with Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton; “Safe Passage” with Susan Sarandon, Sam Shepard and Robert Sean Leonard; the highly acclaimed independent feature “Crush,” which was a hit at the Cannes Film Festival; the blockbuster comedy “The First Wives’ Club”; and Susan Seidelman’s “Gaudi Afternoon,” shot on location in Barcelona and starring Judy Davis, Juliette Lewis and Lili Taylor.
She received the Spirit of Sundance Award for her richly layered work in “The Spitfire Grill,” which also won the audience award at Sundance.
Television appearances include playing opposite Patrick Stewart in “King of Texas” for TNT— an epic Western that transplanted Shakespeare’s “King Lear” to 1840s Texas, a recent recurring role in the Showtime series “Huff,” the CBS drama series “The Education of Max Bickford” opposite Richard Dreyfuss, and the highly rated A&E original movie “Small Vice” opposite Joe Mantegna. Additionally, Harden reteamed with Mantegna for A&E’s “Thin Air” as well as the CBS movie of the week “Guilty Hearts.” In 1992, Harden quickly came to the attention of television audiences for her portrayal of Ava Gardner in the CBS miniseries “Sinatra.”
Harden was featured on Broadway in Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Angels in America,” which earned her a Tony® nomination, a Drama Desk Award and a Theater World Award. She also starred in David Rabe’s “Those the River Keeps.” Marcia most recently walked the boards as “Masha” in the NY Public Theatre’s production of “The Seagull” directed by the esteemed Mike Nichols and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Natalie Portman.
The actress graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Theater and went on to earn an MFA from the graduate theater program at New York University.
CHRISTOPHER MARQUETTE (Pete Egan) most recently starred as Ryan Reynolds’ smart-mouthed adolescent brother in the romantic comedy “Just Friends.” Additional recent feature credits include “American Gun” with Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker and Marcia Gay Harden, the upcoming “Alpha Dog,” directed by Nick Cassavetes and co-starring Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis and the indie film “Graduation.”
The prolific young actor is also known to legions of teen fans for his recurring role as Amber Tamblyn’s love interest in the Emmy®-nominated and People’s Choice Award-winning CBS series “Joan of Arcadia.” Marquette has guest-starred on numerous series, including “ER,” “Seventh Heaven,” “Judging Amy” and “Touched by an Angel.” He also has a recurring role on “Strong Medicine” for the Lifetime Channel.
Born in Stuart, Florida, Marquette began modeling at the age of four and landed his screen acting debut at the age of eight as the son of Mira Sorvino in Warner Bros.’ “Sweet Nothing.” He went on to win a lead role in “The Tic Code” with the legendary Gregory Hines and to appear as Tiny Tim in the Broadway production of “A Christmas Carol.” Marquette’s other big screen credits include “The Girl Next Door” and “Freddy vs. Jason.”
The oldest of the three brothers, all of the Marquette siblings are also actors. Inspired by Christopher, the youngest, Sean, guest-starred in the CBS series “Still Standing” and in the film “13 Going on 30,” while middle brother Eric has appeared on “Desperate Housewives,” “CSI” and “Malcolm in the Middle.”
ALEX O’LOUGHLIN (Marcus Bohem) recently made his feature-film debut in the scifi horror thriller “Man Thing,” based on the Marvel comic and directed by Brett Leonard. He also starred in the critically acclaimed Australian comedy “The Oyster Farmer,” directed by Anna Reeves, and in the highly controversial indie feature “Feed.” O’Loughlin, who cocreated the original concept for “Feed,” a unique thriller which delves into the bizarre world of fat erotica, also recently formed an independent film production company with the film’s director, Brett Leonard, and actors Jack and Patrick Thompson.
In 2007, O’Loughlin will join the cast of television’s acclaimed “The Shield.” Among O’Loughlin’s other notable television credits is a starring role in the historical fact-based drama “Mary Bryant,” the largest miniseries ever made in Australia. Co-starring Sam Neill, Jack Davenport and Romola Garai, the highly acclaimed production features O’Loughlin as the husband of a young woman who is sent to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
Alex has recently been cast in the Joel Silver feature “Whiteout,” in which Kate Beckinsale stars, and as the lead in the CBS/Warner Bros. pilot “Twilight,” which captures the particular world and spirit of vampires, being produced by Joel Silver as well.
Born in Canberra, Australia, O’Loughlin studied acting at the renowned National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, whose alumni include such famed actors as Mel Gibson and Cate Blanchett. He subsequently developed his craft by appearing in a wide variety of live theatrical productions in Sydney, from the works of such masters as Chekhov and Tolstoy to the great English modern playwright Edward Bond. A recent transplant to Los Angeles, O’Loughlin is already garnering notice on the American scene. As a relative unknown, he achieved the remarkable distinction of being chosen as one of the four finalists, among hundreds of hopeful actors, for the role of the new James Bond.
ALEX FERRIS (Victor Newton) landed his first job in the acclaimed Hallmark television movie “Five People You Meet in Heaven” with Jon Voight. Within only the next year and a half, Alex’s credits grew to include a recurring role in the groundbreaking Showtime series “The L Word,” another recurring role on the Chum/TMN miniseries “Terminal City,” a supporting role in the Robin Williams feature “R.V.” and a lead role in the ABC Family pilot “Fallen.”
CALLUM KEITH RENNIE (Detective Brian Larson), one of the most distinctive and celebrated acting talents in film and television, reunites with David Goyer, having previously starred in “Blade: Trinity.” He has worked for many leading filmmakers, and his credits include such classics as the internationally celebrated “Double Happiness,” for which he garnered a Best Supporting Actor Genie award nomination, Bruce McDonald’s cult favorite “Hard Core Logo” and “Last Night” for which he won a Genie award. His credits also include Christopher Nolan’s “Memento,” and “The Butterfly Effect,” and he was seen earlier this year in New Line’s feature “The Cleaner.”
Born in England and raised in Alberta, Canada, Rennie discovered theater in Edmonton at the age of 25. Starting out in university radio and working his way to the renowned Shaw Festival, he moved to Vancouver and quickly caught the eye of producers and directors.
His extensive television work includes such series as the internationally acclaimed “Due South,” “My Life as a Dog,” which won him a Gemini Award for Best Actor, “Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital” and his infamous Cylon character Leoben in “Battlestar Galactica.”
Films releasing in 2007 include the critically acclaimed “Snow Cake” as well as three additional feature films currently set to release, including “Silk” starring Keira Knightley and “Butterfly on a Wheel” with Pierce Brosnan. Callum will also be seen co-starring in the Paramount Pictures thriller “Case 39” opposite Renee Zellweger.